Character Quote by Tahereh Mafi

“I am a being compromised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.”

— Tahereh Mafi

I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived…

— Tahereh Mafi

What I do in the writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart and skin of a human being…

— Eudora Welty

I write to be the characters that I am not.

— Joss Whedon

Characters are an extension of your imagination.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself.

— Marilyn Manson

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

— S. E. Hinton

No matter what you write, you need an active imagination.

— Elizabeth Berg

I'm defined by the character I have.

— Jordan Rodgers

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters…

— Alice Hoffman

Characters more or less present themselves to me. I don't know their origins. I think if I did, if I seemed to myself to…

— Marilynne Robinson

Your character that you create in your writing not only represents who you are, but also represents a number of people who you've met…

— Grant Morrison