Character Quote by Tayari Jones

Names generate meaning in a short amount of space — they provoke thoughts, questions. That's something I like doing. Of course, you have to…

— Joshua Ferris

I like naming characters.

— Roddy Doyle

Sometimes I aid into the confusion by having my character's name be my name.

— Mindy Kaling

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a…

— J. K. Rowling

I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.

— Spike Lee

It gives me great pleasure, a good name. I always in writing start with a name. Give me a name and it produces a…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

I'm good at - or, rather, I like - giving names to characters.

— Akira Toriyama

For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search for the names.

— Paul Auster

All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have…

— Meg Cabot

It's a tremendous challenge, because there have been so many characters created over the years. Every time you think you come up with a…

— Stan Lee

I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.

— Charles de Lint

I usually always think of characters and sometimes the characters are a little bit invented, so it's nice to give these invented, blurry, personas…

— Matt Berninger