>>1373
>Character dialogue is nothing but direct quotes. Your line of thinking is correct when applied to narration or everyday typing (for example, our interactions here in this thread). Almost all published books utilize quotes for dialogue.

Not necessary so: this is not some world wide standard. you can use different kind of formatting
for example here
http://drewseslfluencylessons.com/2-advanced/job-interview/script-for-job-interview-co
http://www.professional-resume-example.com/common-job-interview-script.htmlnversation-in-english/

typically quotes are good when you want to interleave narration with dialogue
but when there is just dialogue, with no narration there is no need to put quotes on every line, hyphens look better and easier to read.

I think quotes give impression that story is happening in the past while hypends give impression that it is going now.