Character Quotes · Page 260

I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully formed.

— David Nevins

I am thankful for all difficult people in my life, they have shown me exactly who I do not want to be.

— Arlene Enego

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

— Sydney Smith

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.

— Kurt Vonnegut

“He who says that someone isn’t himself is a victim of statistics.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Malice is of the boomerang character, and is apt to turn upon the projector.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the…

— Aristotle

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.

— Rocco Buttiglione

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning…

— Ambrose Bierce

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because…

— Colin Farrell

“For women especially, virginity has become the easy answer- the morality quick fix. You can be vapid, stupid, and unethical, but so…

— Jessica Valenti

People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But…

— Fran Lebowitz

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with…

— Nicholas Sparks

Remedy your deficiencies, and your merits will take care of themselves. Every man has in him good and evil. His good is…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

While I love working on dramatic characters and stories, it's comedy that I love the most. For me, it's incredibly rewarding to…

— Haley Strode

My mother is like a character who escaped from the set of a Fellini film. She's a whole performing universe of her…

— Arundhati Roy

I think the business of writing a great deal of it is the business of paying attention to your characters, to the…

— Salman Rushdie

If you start writing to an audience you're talking down to them. I've never written for any age group, I just write…

— Melissa Rosenberg

At about the age of seven … I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my characters were white…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“He could not name precisely the special quality she possessed. A glow. An exuberance. An aggressive and determined joy that gave her…

— Susan Wiggs

If there is one word that describes the meaning of character, it is the word honor. Without honor, civilization would not long…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“[On Socrates] My decision to prove reincarnation to the sophomoric cavemen of Athens, quite possibly, was the best decision I made for…

— Alejandro C. Estrada

I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be…

— George Bernard Shaw

I think you shouldn't get my music confused with who I am or who we are, because Yung Lean, from the beginning,…

— Yung Lean

At the end of the day, what I try to bring to villainous characters is a sense of humanity.

— David Harbour

Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.

— Aristotle

Any excuse for non-performance, no matter how valid, weakens character.

— Spencer W. Kimball

What we do should have a Canadian character. Nobody looks his best in somebody else's clothes.

— Vincent Massey

Most of my characters are silly little boys. It's human. Everyone is badly behaved.

— Harry Enfield

I don't really make movies with an intention other than asking myself, 'Do I love the character, and do I love the…

— Doug Liman

When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character.

— Grace Jones

To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.

— Anita Brookner

“One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

Contemporary moral philosophy has found an original way of being boring, which is by not discussing moral issues at all.

— Bernard Williams

“You know, I'm like Avis rent-a-car: Because I'm insignificant, I try harder.”

— Mike Carey

It's better to play negative lead roles than portray just any other character on the show.

— Roop Durgapal

The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.

— Jonathan Kellerman

If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Sometimes every single element of a character is a torturous discovery.

— Carol Kane

“It is the 'Teacher', that shapes a novice; not only with his studies, but character too.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar