I think Quote by Zoya Akhtar

All of my films are based on personal experiences and beliefs. Many of my heroes are my spokespeople - and some are not!

— Michel Ocelot

I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting.…

— Lauren Oliver

All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them…

— Allan Massie

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari

Some people see me as dissecting my characters in some kind of heartless, coldblooded, analytical way, when in truth making these movies is a…

— Todd Solondz

When I write, I actually hear the characters speak. Almost like an actor - even though I'm not an actor at all - getting…

— Kareem Mortimer

If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.

— Juan Diego Solanas

The characters I portray are an extension of what I've seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how…

— Fahadh Faasil

If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.

— Sadie Jones

I just have to focus on staying truthful to my characters and depict their reality as authentically as I can.

— Arjun Mathur

You don't go around thinking about how characters in a movie, in the stories you make up, relate to people in general.

— Ethan Coen

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante