Every character a writer creates has some of themselves in it somewhere.
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Writers often say that characters begin to write themselves, and I never used to believe that. I always thought that was complete hogwash.
Writing is a mysterious process, and many ideas come from deep within the imagination, so it's very hard to say how characters come about. Mostly, they just happen.
I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.
Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.
I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
I think with every writer there are two people there.
An author's characters do what he wants them to do.
I've always thought a novelist only has one character, and that is himself or herself. In my case, me.