Jean M. Auel Character Quotations

I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really studied it.

I had tears coming out of my eyes. And it was the characters that got me there.

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer.