Characters Quotes · Page 3

My characters hope for better lives.

— Octavia E. Butler

I'm drawn to damaged, complicated characters.

— Ruth Wilson

I like taking up exceptional characters.

— Sudha Chandran

“Me to characters: talk to me people.”

— Buffy Andrews

I don't like drawing characters facing right.

— Stephan Pastis

Star Trek characters never go shopping.

— Douglas Coupland

We don't want to watch boring characters.

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

I aspire to play interesting characters.

— Arjun Kapoor

I think I am fascinated with slightly tragic characters.

— Janhvi Kapoor

I toy around with the whole Biblical thing, just as amazing characters.

— Isaac Brock

“An entrepreneur with strong network makes money even when he is asleep.”

— Amit Kalantri

They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up!

— Michael Scott

Characters are not created by writers. They pre-exist and have to be found.

— Elizabeth Bowen

“People like to identify with characters in danger.”

— Rob Parnell

I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.

— J. August Richards

“If you can’t be of good character, write a good character.”

— Rosen Trevithick

In order to make characters real - no matter what the character is doing - you have to see yourself as capable…

— Regina Doman

I feel like I'm a pretty good judge of character because I've had to judge a lot of characters.

— Kyle Korver

I tend to like writing long stories in comics. I worked on 'Flash,' 'Teen Titans' and 'JSA' for years. I always like…

— Geoff Johns

I'm very excited to see where the characters and their relationships go. But in the end, it really boils down to the…

— Brandon Routh

That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.

— James McAvoy

I'm a big comic book person. I love Captain America. I like John Henry. I'm hoping to play one of the superhero…

— Tom Lister, Jr

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as…

— Louis Sachar

There are not that many ventriloquists out there who build their own characters. I love that because they are uniquely mine.

— Jeff Dunham

What I remember most about the 'Road' movies is my enjoyment at watching the two characters sparring with each other. But more…

— Frank Oz

In my own life, I think I've always been a bit of a people pleaser. Maybe the world around me was a…

— Heidi Gardner

Character is everything, especially these days when that's what publishers are asking for. Make sure that yours have child appeal. Also don't…

— Kirby Larson

I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think they can handle quite a bit, but I…

— Veronica Roth

Providing accurate portrayals of characters is something I want to pay ample attention to. If I don’t stick to that thought, then…

— Masahiro Sakurai

[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole…

— Megan Chance

I plot the first 5 or 6 chapters quite minutely, and also the end. So I know where I am going but…

— Joanna Trollope

My characters are always unlucky in love. It's annoying, but perhaps there is something in me that is suited to characters that…

— Vanessa Kirby

“There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

I have a scenario but almost always it's entwined with at least one person to begin with. Then I sort of expand…

— Benjamin Percy

Characters work really well when they're reflective of the times that they're operating in. To keep these characters static - like Superman…

— Brian Azzarello

I've had to play characters who I absolutely disagree with, as far as their politics, as far as their religion, and their…

— Audra McDonald

“The 10 ever greatest misplacements in life: 1. Leadership without character. 2. Followership without servant-being. 3. Brotherhood without integrity. 4. Affluence without…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“I used to send my characters into a fire that necessarily consumed them, but I have learned, a little, how to send…

— Kathe Koja

I'm drawn to female characters, not all of them are strong characters. I think I'm drawn to female characters partly because they…

— Todd Haynes

“Fictional Characters" Do they ever want to escape? Climb out of the white pages and enter our world? Holden Caulfield slipping in…

— Danusha Laméris