Quotes about Characterization

I dig out beautiful caves behind my characters; I think that gives exactly what I want; humanity, humor, depth. The idea is that the caves shall connect, & each comes to daylight at the present moment.

It's Cash and Jewel and Varadaman and Dewey Del', pa says kind of hangdog and proud too, with this teeth and all, even if he wouldn't look at us. 'Meet Mrs Bundren', he says.

Individuality outruns all classification, yet we insist on classifying every one we meet under some general head.

The parts of fiction are the various steps that the author takes to develop his plot—the details of characterization and incident.

I have often been characterized by one sound bite, and people say, 'That is the whole of Mike Huckabee, because we have him on this off-the-cuff moment.'

I love writing every song I can like a little mini movie. I like to have a character, or some characters, and really paint a picture with the song.

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction.

Positive characterizations are complex characterizations. That's all we need to know. They shouldn't be saccharine. They shouldn't feel like medicine.