Creating Characters Quotes

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Natsume Sōseki
“It seems to me that you might create any sort of character in a novel and there would be at least one person in the world just like him. We humans are simply incapable of imagining non-human actions or behavior. It's the writer's fault if we don't believe in his characters as human beings.”
Sōseki Natsume, Sanshirō

Steven John Wilson
“I believe that, for anyone that creates a fictional character, in order to make that character believable so people can really believe that this character exists is actually to implant your own autobiography into that character.”
Steven Wilson

Adewale Joel
“The creative writer is a creator, yet his creative liberty should not be abused: his total dispositions should not squeeze the characters out of their will, thereby translating them into mental golems—respect your characters. Let them act and think for
themselves.”
Adewale Joel, Learn Creative Writing: A guide to writing perfect drafts