After Quote by Victoria Hanley

While I find inspiration in real life, the actual stories are, thankfully, works of fiction - which, given the considerable turmoil in my character's…

— Nicholas Sparks

The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character is, the…

— Keanu Reeves

Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and even Barbara…

— Virginia Henley

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a…

— Dick Wolf

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

— James Rollins

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

— Nicholas Sparks

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

— Robert Englund

Of course, there are hundreds of novels and authors that have influenced me. But to choose three, they are: Stephen King/The Stand (and really…

— Megan Chance

I always begin with a source of inspiration that comes from nature. The story comes from my research, volunteering, and meeting the people involved…

— Mary Alice Monroe

It wasn't until I was in my teens that I started admiring writers as inspirations for my own work, and my earliest influences there…

— Kelley Armstrong

I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for…

— Jackie Collins

I have many characters inspired from real life.

— Vivek Agnihotri