“Every writer is the amanuensis to their characters”
“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.”
“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.”
“I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.”
“You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.”
“Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.”