Character Quote by Tabitha King

Place is character. And all writing is regional.

— John Dufresne

A sense of place is very important in writing.

— William Lashner

Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story.…

— Martin McDonagh

If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity.

— Sara Shepard

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

— Tea Obreht

Every place is determined by the characters who are there.

— Robert Plant

The most important aspect of any story, to me, is character.

— Nora Roberts

There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place.

— Anonymous

Writers do not write about a place because they belong there, but because they want to.

— Tony Earley

For a small island, the place is remarkably diverse. Writers tend to see things from their own points of view, looking in one direction…

— William Golding

Often I'll find clues to where the story might go by figuring out where the characters would rather not go.

— Douglas A. Lawson

I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.

— Annie Proulx