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I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that. — Markus Zusak

But we are not the Author of our story. We are the characters. — Kara Tippetts

Well-developed characters will ruin your writing plans every time. You may think you know where you're going with a story, but they have other ideas. — Quinn Anderson

I try not to think too much about where my voice comes from. I'm channeling characters and emotion to come up with beautiful words that tell a story. — Gin Wigmore

But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot. — Keith Miller

Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key. — Christopher Nolan

A story is built on characters and reasons. — Steven Amsterdam

The themes, ideas and the characters from 'Skyfall' can obviously continue on, because it is a franchise, and it is an ongoing story. — John Logan

Writing is like sculpturing words out of a block of imagination. Sentences chisel the story, then characters make it their own. — Federico Chini

When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age. — Julie Kagawa

I think love is a great catalyst for many characters to further the story or their own growth. — Keri Russell

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either. — Meg Cabot

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong. — Brandon Sanderson

If [the characters] grow a lot, they begin to influence the course of the story instead of the other way around. — Stephen King

Character development is vital when writing a strong story. Weak characters make for weak stories. — Beem Weeks

If we get caught up in a story, it's because we've started to care about the characters, and that can only happen if we've moved beneath the surface. — Morris Gleitzman

I start with a tingle, a kind of feeling of the story I will write. Then come the characters, and they take over, they make the story. — Karen Blixen

The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story — Brandt Legg

Characters to the Story, — Wilkie Collins

'The Hobbit' didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really. — Evangeline Lilly

I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music. — Alex Kurtzman

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately. — Julianna Baggott

What a trajedy to be a martyr for love, yet we worship the characters anyways because they remind us of how we struggled. — Shannon L. Alder

To combine telling an interesting story with brilliantly written characters is the most difficult thing to do. — Greg McHugh

In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters. — Sidney Lumet

As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers. — Stephen King

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion. — Todd Lieberman

As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues. — Eric Jerome Dickey

I don't think you can teach someone how to come up with good characters or a story. — Thomas Lennon

Miss Lea, it doesn't do to get attached to these secondary characters. It's not their story. — Diane Setterfield

Women don't question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a female narrative. — Romola Garai

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges. — Anita Desai

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters. — John Lasseter

Anyone can be a story. Everyone is. — Johnny Rich

If a movie has more characters than an audience can keep track of, the audience will get confused and lose interest in the story. — Seth Grahame-Smith

Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings. — Nancy Kress

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense. — Ernest Gaines

The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be. — Stewart O'Nan

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it's the story that matters. — James Dashner

When you have love in a story, it gives you the freedom to really take the characters to very interesting places. — Josh Hutcherson

In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists. — Jefferson Smith

And the only sign of life is the ticking of the pen, introducing characters to memory like old friends. — Fish

Once upon a time she had felt trapped inside her story with its familiar characters and predictable plot. Now she felt locked out of it. — Roderick Townley

I am a tremendous 'Star Wars' fan; I know the story means an enormous love to me. I love the characters. — Richard Marquand

Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward. — Michael Scott

We start with strong characters and build the movie from there. That not to say we don't struggle with story - that's the most challenging part. — Chris Meledandri

Once I fall in love, finishing a story leaves a hole in my heart. The characters become your friends. — Sarah J. Maas

I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. — Eric Brown

You can have the greatest characters in the world and write beautifully, but if nothing's happening, the story falls on its face pretty quickly. — Jennifer McMahon

Characters who simply have goals opposed by others do not create the effects of a story. — Bill Johnson

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience. — Nicholas Lea

It doesn't do to get attached to these secondary characters. It's not their story. They come and go, and when they go, they're gone for good. — Diane Setterfield

I'm a child of the literary bent. I don't want to see 140 characters. I want to see a story. — Joanne Kelly

While the characters drive the epic story of Robotech, it's the robotic mecha that capture the imagination. — Tommy Yune

We are innate storytellers: the richer the characters, the stickier the story. — Ben Tolosa

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned. — Francine Rivers

I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story. — Jesse Eisenberg

Everything is a story, a narrative, a sequence of events with characters communicating an emotional content. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I love exploring the characters that I play, but the reason I sign on for something isn't the details of the story but the universal message. — Brie Larson

There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters. — Hannah Kent

It's important to find characters that share sympathy with a young audience, not just in the story but their role in the world. — Tim Crouch

A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them. — Cornelia Funke

I think I technically learned some things, hopefully. But I go to the movies for characters and story and a berserk vision. — John Waters

I've managed to include only enough historical detail to give the "flavor" of the time period while keeping the characters and story focal. — Julie Klassen

Writers are like actors too. For every story we create, we must get under the skin of the characters and role play with our writing. — Jyoti Arora

If a scene doesn't work on three levels - it's not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put it in the trash. — Catherine Hardwicke

My work is to know the characters intimately and to tell their story. — Julianna Baggott

Once
God wrote a story
that shook the heaven to the very core.
Love was the only language used;
You and I
were the only characters. — Subhan Zein

It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters. — Jane Campion

I care more about making sure the story is correct and the characters are behaving in character than I do about the individual jokes. — Michael Schur

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

The only reason ever to make a sequel is to spend more time with the characters that people love: to tell more of their story. — Elizabeth Banks

The characters tell their story - I am merely the tool used to record it — Marti Melville

You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow. — Zoe Kazan

Sometimes it takes the story to grow, for the real characters to emerge. — Daniel Kaye

I hate it when characters know things but only reveal them when it's convenient to the story. I'd never do that. That's cheating. — Simon Toyne

You can't write a sory until you've felt. Breathe it in. Walked with your characters. Talked with them. That's why you come here. To live your story. — Angelica Banks

Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven
by the characters' wants and desires. — Robert Gregory Browne

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 will get the whole story. — George V. Higgins

I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward. — Sara Zarr

Anything with a good story and characters I think would be great. — Kara Hayward

You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters. — John Lasseter

I didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17. — Sara Zarr

I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces. — Spike Lee

Sometimes we're so wrapped up in our own story that we don't see how we're supporting characters in someone else's. So — Nathan Hill

Their situation was becoming ever harder to deny: they were characters in someone's story. This whole world
— Stephen King

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it. — Vanna Bonta

I put my heart and soul into my book - great story and awesome characters ... yet people are trying to pull me down. — Nick Simmons

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters. — David Lean

Out of silence I begin to hear the voices of characters whispering snippets of a story to me. — Chuck Waldron

Fans want to see a story with characters, and they want to see a story. — Martin Freeman

You know you are a writer when characters inside your brain keep demanding, 'This is my story! Now tell it or I will never leave you alone! — Christy Hall

Anne DeGrace is a gifted story teller and Far From Home contains some of her most intriguing characters. Thoroughly enjoyable. — Paulette Jiles

Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens. — David Corbett

You and I are characters in God's Story, handmade by Him. Every character serves a purpose. — Randy Alcorn

In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. — David Morse

Tip 7. Read good books until the characters in each story run from you in terror. — James W. Lewis

The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures. — Tom Hanks

It's not a romance, it's a love story. — Sadie Jones

Violence can read like poetry. You just have to describe the act as if you're in love with the way your characters bleed. — F.K. Preston