Alison Lohman Quotes

You always have to create the character from the ground up.

Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.

What I'm really trying to do is create unique characters.

You have to start from a place of trying to create a character.

I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.

I'm about my characters.

When you create a character, you create it for yourself - you do whatever you want. It's your job to explore it in as many different avenues as you can in order to make it a fully wounded character.

I mean, can I really create a full, three-dimensional character? I don't know anymore. I'm certainly going to try.

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.

A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.

When I develop a character, I usually start by creating a backstory with whatever information I have access to.

For me, plot always comes out of character, so I had to be sure of my characters.

Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.

I love creating new characters that are whatever they are.

Stories are important, but I'm really into characters, and if you can give birth to a good one, that's true success.

A new character is like bringing a new human being into your life.

There is no creative process to come up with a character of Dean Ambrose.

For 'The Bestseller'... there was hardly any research, but I had to give each person a quirk and develop their stories so that it would relate to who they are.

A character takes shape in the act of writing. You start with something, and you add or subtract.

I'm interested in characters. I love them, and I love to write them.

I don't ever really know where I get my characters from.

It's nice to create a character, not just within two scenes, but within the journey of a whole movie. It's fun to do that.

What makes characters real are details, and if you're crafting a person from scratch, you're probably not going to pay as much attention to a question like, 'Does this person bite their nails?'

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation.