I'm always practicing lines, researching, trying to be…

Im always practicing lines, researching, trying to be fresh, and fully trying to become the characters I play. Thats how I roll.

— Ariel Winter

Awkward moment when your walking on the road practicing some lines and suddenly you notice that people are staring at you so you pretend…

— Junior Dè Rèál Testament

So, it's a delicate thing, but at the same time our producers and writers are very much aware of the potential downfall that could…

— Emily Deschanel

You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.

— Harry Shearer

Part of the core of my system, is a way of trying to give the characters more control. If I'm practicing making up what…

— William Gibson

One of the things that I've been trying to do with my characters, one of the things that does lead to me turning things…

— Stephen Moyer

I have less to do with 'The Simpsons' every season, but I stick my nose in here and there. Basically, it's just trying to…

— Matt Groening

I use all kinds of resources for researching my novels. I'm not shy about calling up experts and asking questions, or emailing, or buying…

— Rachel Caine

A publisher friend of mine suggested that I write a book about my grandfather, who had just died. I had nothing else to fill…

— Kevin Macdonald

Back when I was looking for my next step and was researching Gannett, I was interested in who was leading the various businesses within…

— Gracia Martore

Programmers and marketing people know how to get into your subconscious - they spend millions of dollars researching colors, shapes, designs, symbols, that affect…

— Richard Hatch

I spent more than 20 years of my professional career researching and developing renewable energy sources.

— Jerry McNerney

Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing.

— Harlan Coben

I began to firmly change my mind when I saw how young Egyptians used Facebook, for example, to begin to coalesce their social justice…

— Micheline Aharonian Marcom

“After researching the utility industry, I concluded there are a subset of employees that are just nasty!”

— Steven Magee