I still get terrified if I have to talk in front of a group of people. By having a character to play,… — Sheryl Lee Copy Share Image
If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
You want to be paid as well, you virtuous! You want reward for virtue, and heaven for earth, and eternity for your… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better. — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
It must always be considered as though spoken by a character in a novel — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I think my characters - well, at least a few of them - are hoping or searching for some kind of contact… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
What's so strong about 'Game of Thrones' is that it's a character and political drama, with a sort of fantasy backdrop. — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base.… — Brenda Russell Copy Share Image
The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters calls themselves the Brotherhood of Evil or… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
'Deadwood' was just a wonderful opportunity for me. Outside of my own things that I've written, I hadn't had the opportunity to… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
Where is the need to go deep into the character and all that? Concentrate on one thing - looking beautiful in front… — Deepti Naval Copy Share Image
I become my characters, and then try to allow events in the story to take their own course. I try not to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“I felt like a character in a science fiction story, trapped in someone else's body, articulating someone else's words. To be frank,… — Philip Palmer Copy Share Image
“Lovers of freedom are, of course, also by and large lovers of tolerance and permissiveness. Being tolerant and permissive, especially toward others,… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
Leading with character gives the wise leader clear-cut advantages. They are easier to trust and follow; they honor commitments and promises; their… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
You used to have to make a choice. Is it a serialized television show, or is it a stand-alone or procedural? We… — Alex Kurtzman Copy Share Image
He's [Jesus] the most fascinating character in history, really - the character who's made more difference to the world than anyone since… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist; he is… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
People are fascinated by evil because it's mysterious and it doesn't seem to have a rationale behind it, and the second you… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a… — Plato Copy Share Image