1.   At least Smith invented interesting characters, who spoke in lively fabricated quotes.

2.   From that he wrote a first act, inventing characters to fit the plot.

3.   Helen Fielding, who created Bridget in a British newspaper column and then in two best-selling novels, invented the character with Firth himself in mind.

4.   In inventing my character, I had come very close to the actual persona of Ed Gein.

5.   Inventing a character like Don Fidel would have tested any novelist.

6.   Mikhalkov said he added the epilogue for dramatic effect and invented the characters himself.

7.   Random House insists that Morris researched his biography and invented his character with such careful scholarship that lesser writers could not have achieved the same feat.

8.   Those who invent distinct characters both define them and are stuck with them.

9.   To fill the time he invented characters to catch the imagination of his viewers.

10.   To invent characters and place them in environments, detachment is essential.