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Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.

— Thomas Steinbeck

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Plot and character are virtually the same thing.

— Daniel Keys Moran

The villain drives the plot.

— Gayle Lynds

I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.

— Jeff Abbott

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

— Lisa Unger

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

— Ken Follett

A man's character is his fate.

— Heraclitus

✗Opposing Perspectives

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

— Booker T. Washington

We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life.

— Raymond Queneau

It was always about the story rather than the character.

— Jean Dujardin

I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists me in my admitted weakness, plot.

— Laurie Graham