Ayana Mathis Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• I think that if you just write your characters you end up with something that people can access.

  Ayana Mathis

  Writing, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I couldn't imagine a book with many characters in it and one of them not being gay. It would have felt like a glaring and problematic omission for me. But I also wanted to write that character as a person, not just a gay person.

  Ayana Mathis

  Book, Writing, Character

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• Voice isn't fixed or unmalleable, it adapts to the characters you are creating and the story being told. I suppose in some way that's true in life - a little flexibility goes a long way.

  Ayana Mathis

  Character, Voice, Creating

  "Twelve Tribes of Hattie Author Ayana Mathis Talks Fiction, Family, and (Sometimes) Faking It". Interview with Meredith Turits, www.glamour.com. December 17, 2012.

• I really, deeply believe in the primacy of character. I believe that my job as a writer is to put a believable human being on a page.

  Ayana Mathis

  Jobs, Believe, Character

  Source: www.pbs.org

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