I don't think people are ever going to a place where…

All stories are just stories of a character changing.

— Tom King

I wouldn't know what to say about something that worked in a perfect way, so I guess, in everything, I try to find what…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

My stories are character driven.

— Terry McMillan

My short stories are so character-based and they're also so private. They're like a private world in each story and I'm getting more and…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique.…

— Carey Mulligan

In most good stories, it is the character's personality that creates the action of the story. If you start with real personality, a real…

— Flannery O'Connor

I build my stories character-first, and so whether it's a monster or a ghost or a serial killer, the fear of something dark interrupting…

— Bryan Bertino

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these…

— Chris Zylka

I think the good stories are those where the character decides to break away and do something different.

— Keri Russell

I have nothing against these big CGI movies, but there are not enough of the other ones - the ones with stories about character…

— James Caan

“Stories. Character. Dialouge. Entire worlds created on the page. Worlds that could sweep you away or frighten you, make you laugh or cry. Worlds…

— Jamie Michaels

I think a writer's first job is to entertain, even in novels: to tell a compelling story that pulls the reader along toward an…

— Noah Hawley

There's always going to be a place for YouTube.

— Chad Hurley

“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between.”

— Norton Juster

There's always going to be a place for Smash Mouth.

— Steve Harwell