Top 7 David Corbett Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.”

— David Corbett

2. “To paraphrase one of my favorite math professors: The difference between great artists, and artists who are not so great, is that great artists think deeply about simple things.”

— David Corbett

3. “Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens.”

— David Corbett

4. “An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness.”

— David Corbett

5. “Writers possess only four tools: research, experience, empathy, and imagination. Fortunately, whole worlds can be built from them.”

— David Corbett

6. “The problem lies not with genre but with formula, which consists of seeing genre conventions as restrictions rather than mere guidelines, ends in themselves rather than possibilities.”

— David Corbett

7. “Whether we know it or not, our minds and hearts are populated by all the characters we will ever need – though we may disassemble them and rearrange the parts into composites for variation.”

— David Corbett

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