Character Quote by Zoe Kazan

When I started to allow the characters to go where they wanted to go, I just had to follow.

— Paul Haggis

The characters are telling you the story. I’m not telling you the story, they’re going to do it. If I do it right, you…

— George V. Higgins

I always let the characters guide the stories. They really let me know what they want to say and what action they want to…

— Ellen Schreiber

When I start a story, I don't know where it's going.

— Stephen King

Usually when you start the characters, the first thing is the script. Your design work is about telling the story. It's later that casting…

— Alexandra Byrne

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

If somebody is in a story, they need to be there for a reason, and not just to set up somebody else's story.

— Joss Whedon

I don't think they knew exactly where they were going with the character, but they lay those stories out ahead of time, so they…

— David Selby

For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.

— Nic Pizzolatto

The situation comes first...the characters...come next...[then] begin to narrate.

— Stephen King

Often I'll find clues to where the story might go by figuring out where the characters would rather not go.

— Douglas A. Lawson

People will follow you when you build the character to follow through.

— Orrin Woodward