Abstract Quote by Thomas Pynchon

Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my…

— Siegfried Lenz

I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can be resolved.…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Character, story and plot are affected by any action sequence so you have to really design them accordingly.

— Kari Skogland

It's always quintessential to create complexities in characters.

— Myha'la

Circumstances don't create character. They reveal character.

— Zig Ziglar

Symbols are nothing but the natural speech of drama.

— Tennessee Williams

The way of creating believable characters is not by conforming to a set of PC rules.

— Mark Haddon

“There can't be much development of action or theme in such stories, but at least there is some. By contrast, in the short short…

— Irving Howe

I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by…

— John Kricfalusi

You have to start from a place of trying to create a character.

— Rebecca Hall

It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself.

— Michael Ondaatje

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too…

— Jessica Cutler