Always Quote by S. E. Hinton

My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me, I talk…

— Judy Blume

I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself!

— Carrie Fisher

My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I just tapped…

— Charles de Lint

Sometimes I don't know whether I'm real or whether I'm a character in one of my novels.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

To me, my characters are more real than most people I meet.

— Wilbur Smith

If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and…

— Richard Bach

I always talk about my characters like they're real people.

— Dakota Fanning

All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them…

— Allan Massie

I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.

— Danai Gurira

I have many characters inspired from real life.

— Vivek Agnihotri

You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they are in your own head.

— Anonymous

I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect…

— S. E. Hinton