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Character and story are suggested by the voice in the words themselves.

The voice is something very mysterious. It's difficult to say what is inside a voice that moves people.

Sometimes I hear a voice - sometimes it's the voice of someone I know. And sometimes that leads to a character, which leads to a story.

I'm not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or 'let the characters speak through me,' whatever that might mean.

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices I create.

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

Voices are like fingerprints, from Cagney to Bogart. They never lost it. My voice is instrumental in categorizing me.

I consider the voice a gift from the heavens, and as all the gifts from the heavens, they must be used, but the minute that the heavens call it back then of course I will stop.