Old characters never die, but I do need to take a break from them in order to create new ones. — Lurlene McDaniel Copy Share Image
There are not that many ventriloquists out there who build their own characters. I love that because they are uniquely mine. — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
The same characters that keep reappearing, bigger than life, find their own integrity in doing what they do the way they do… — Robert Aldrich Copy Share Image
My initial years on TV have been fulfilling with the kind of shows that I have done and the characters I have… — Mohit Raina Copy Share Image
I make a rod for my own back because people see my novels as quasi documentaries. But it is never history that's… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that. — Angela Bassett Copy Share Image
With 'Holes' I was troubled that there weren't very many female characters. I tried to put them in where I could. But… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I would do 'Superbad,' and the next offers you would get would all be crazy cop characters or crazy security guards or… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
My main question that I ask of my characters is, 'What does it feel like to be you? And how do you… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
Cable series have more time to focus on characters, and a structure that allows for a development in character as you go… — James Frain Copy Share Image
Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer - I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs. Whilst we see that it always stands ready… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The film I do doesn't have to be a film that only my kids can watch. My kids will watch films, but… — Madhuri Dixit Copy Share Image
I care a great deal about LGBT U.S. servicemen and women being able to serve openly and honestly. Since early in my… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
When you are producing for ABC, you are producing for a big tent network. So when you are thinking about your story… — Anne Sweeney Copy Share Image
I just love to act. It's my favorite thing to do in the world, and what keeps it interesting, to me, is… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
The nucleic acids have considerable biological importance because of their role in cell growth and in the transmission of hereditary characters. — Severo Ochoa Copy Share Image
“She spun the car through a right turn that would have killed us all had we been minor characters.” — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I am a huge comic book nerd and video game nerd, so to get to actually play one of those characters would… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
I don't really base any of my characters on specific people that I know, although my characters are informed by the kind… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I never rehearse scenes with the whole ensemble, because I need to preserve some surprise. Instead, I work with the cast individually… — Arnaud Desplechin Copy Share Image
I can't sleep in an isolated place without pills, earplugs, and both my children in bed with me for fear of scary,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Although this is a fictitious story the history is real. You don't want to re-write history but you certainly want to portray… — James D'arcy Copy Share Image
“In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!" ( Letter to Alexander Chekhov , May 10, 1886)” — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Most stories in 'True Blood' take place over a short amount of time. I think the entire three seasons of the show… — Michael McMillian Copy Share Image
In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself. — Mika Copy Share Image
The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself. — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
“The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary.” — Franklin P. Adams Copy Share Image
Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
People haven't ever seen the real me as I let my characters, their look and my work do the talking. — Gurmeet Choudhary Copy Share Image
Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for. — D. J. MacHale Copy Share Image
You can't say the public likes generic characters. Give others a chance, go for a more rooted and honest characterisation, take some… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
Marvel has, like, 9,000 characters. They could do a horror movie tomorrow and call it Marvel. They can do anything. — Krysten Ritter Copy Share Image
As a writer, I'm driven by settings. Others are driven by characters or predicaments, but with me, settings come first. — Jim Lynch Copy Share Image
Writing is a solitary endeavor, but not a lonely one. When you write, your world is populated by the characters you invent,… — Danielle Steel Copy Share Image
I love coming up with the stories and being creative and working with creative people and coming up with visuals and creating… — Roberta Williams Copy Share Image
Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?' — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I think I can see more clearly now - about how the pattern of past experiences has shaped who I am and… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
