I would take lots of falls and you know, get shot three or four times and this sort of thing, so all… — Marton Csokas Copy Share Image
What I like about writing a stand alone novel is you're starting with a fresh world and fresh characters. Part of what… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
One of the joys of this show [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency] is that each of those characters could be starring in… — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
I'm not like a champion of profanity. I write what I hear, and the characters that I write, that's how they talk.… — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
I like looking at the characters. Seeing them always brings up some voice or attitude. I am much more visual, and that… — Frank Welker Copy Share Image
I have an idea for a story, and if the idea is going to work, then one of the characters steps forward,… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
If you can relate to what the character's going through, the story can be as ridiculous as possible, and people will relate… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me… — Kara Lindsay Copy Share Image
I'm just happy there are characters in the world. I think that anybody who's completely nuts and makes the world a more… — Cassie Ramone Copy Share Image
As a writer, I try to appeal to the 'elusive boy audience' the same way I try to appeal to everyone: I… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
I'm a classic stress-eater, so I know a lot about how eating can become a way of hiding from what's really wrong.… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
The great thing about the animation process is that is goes from, I write the lines, it goes to the actors, the… — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an… — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
I enjoy stories about thin women - I read them frequently. I enjoy them; I root for those characters, but I always… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a problem doing that.… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
“The driver, a black silhouette upon his box, whipped up his bony horses. Icy silence in the coach. Marius, motionless, his body… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I think I'm drawn to female characters partly because they don't have as easy or as obvious a relationship to power in… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women because it's so hard, and I have so much respect… — Amy Hoggart Copy Share Image
When you're really young, you tend to fall in love with characters. If you start seeing the same type of character everywhere… — Kelly Marie Tran Copy Share Image
There's something extremely rewarding about following characters that you like and knowing that there's as many hours of viewing as you have… — Jamie Bamber Copy Share Image
Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
One of the greatest things about 'Continuum' is how great the writing is; our writing room is one of the most talented… — Richard Harmon Copy Share Image
I think about the characters I've created, and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
The most real characters in a great play are those who are so meticulously drawn that the audience could predict how many… — Kevin Hassett Copy Share Image
The thing that attracted me to acting the most was I always felt quite unsure or insecure as a kid, and for… — Christie Laing Copy Share Image
The original and very basic 'Law & Order' series has always seemed to me to be 100-percent exposition, with no filler, no… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
I would say that a lot of the characters I've been attracted to are very vulnerable and they expose themselves emotionally. Not… — Amy Adams Copy Share Image
Once you get into a feature, whether it's a sequel or an original one, you have to start all over again, and… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
I want to play so many different characters. I want to, like, understand so many different people, and psychoanalysis, everything. I love… — Sylvia Hoeks Copy Share Image
My characters have nothing. I'm working with impotence, ignorance... that whole zone of being that has always been set aside by artists… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I like it when actors get an opportunity to chew into something. They love scenes with beginnings, middles, and ends - scenes… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
The idea that man is a tabula rasa, or Mao's sheet of blank paper upon which the most beautiful characters can be… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
You go into the Lions camp with preconceived ideas about players and teams and then find guys are actually very different, and… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
I am not sure how much Dudley will feature just because of the grand scale of the film and the fact that… — Harry Melling Copy Share Image
I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I was honestly a cartoon kid. I loved cartoons. That was more my dream than anything else. But now, it's the films… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
I very easily decide in certain situations that I'm an outsider. That's just my own craziness. I think that I have sympathy… — Jonathan Coulton Copy Share Image