“Action is the pulse of any good story, but the character is the heart. If the action has no consequence to the character, the story loses heart.”
“All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.”
“Life is a love story, with every character yearning for permanent refuge in someone's heart.”
“A good fiction writer can write any character or any story that she wants to write. The importance, IMO, is a burning desire to tell that person's story.”
“Action is Character.”
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”