So much of comics are dictated by characters talking to…

I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to…

— Eli Roth

I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.

— Terry McMillan

When you have characters talking about music in any way, especially about music someone doesn't know, some people presume it's about showing social capital…

— Kieron Gillen

Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***.

— David Mamet

But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to…

— Adam Johnson

I can never consent to being dictated to.

— John Tyler

Politicians, in many cases - their moral code will be dictated by what can get them reelected, what they can get away with. When…

— Mark Leibovich

I lived my whole life in the kitchen. Not only that, but it's the passion, it's the love for cooking and food. It's dictated…

— Grant Achatz

The '60s weren't my cup of tea. I never bought that philosophy that, you know, we're all brothers and that'll solve everything. And I…

— Phil Everly

All I want is for people to listen to it with unbiased ears, and decide for themselves. I just don't want them to be…

— Melanie Chisholm

Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.

— Simon Mawer

Music is always key to me, whether it's 'Miami Vice' or not 'Miami Vice.' It's dictated by the story, about what Crockett and Tubbs…

— Michael Mann

Something in us is telling us we're moving too fast, at a pace dictated by machines rather than by anything human, and that unless…

— Pico Iyer

To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time.

— Matt Bomer

“You are a leader until you are dictated by your own words.”

— M.F. Moonzajer