Character Quote by William Friedkin

I have also led you astray by talking of technique as if it were something that could be separated from the rest of the…

— Flannery O'Connor

People are less focused on the story, and more on how the story is told.

— Lynne Tillman

The point is, stories can be all lengths. Never underestimate the power of “less is more.

— Darynda Jones

There is a value to moving more slowly through a story.

— Christopher Bollen

Don't put anything into a story that does not reveal character or advance the action.

— Kurt Vonnegut

You devise ways to tell a story that complies with your sensibility. Style and method are really extensions of your present sensibility.

— Aleksandar Hemon

I've found that the more honest and true you are and can talk about a character and people's experiences, it's less ostracizing. It actually…

— Kenya Barris

I'm more interested in character. Character comes out of the work. Style is applied or imposed on it.

— Elaine de Kooning

A story isn't interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.

— Alexis Bledel

When we approach characters, we don't have their full story in mind right off the bat. Through the writing process we raise questions about…

— Anna Boden

The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because…

— Brandon Sanderson

It is the nature of stories to leave out far more than they include.

— Marion Dane Bauer