They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some…

We, as a people, we gotta know when it's time to speak up and when it's time to shut up.

— Booker T

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

— David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes

I look for characters that speak to something in me.

— Dorian Missick

I want to continually play characters that speak to me, but also are different than what I've just done.

— Santino Fontana

If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.

— Lane Garrison

The most important playwright's gift is to hit your time and speak to your time.

— David Hare

There is a time to speak up, and a time to be silent. A time to read and a time to write. A time…

— Unsure of origin

Speak every time my dear brother as if it were your last

— George Whitefield

As an actor I'm always interested in dialogue, the way the characters speak to each other. I also enjoy a bit of humor, especially…

— Michael Boatman

IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA.

— David Mamet

My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.

— Karin Slaughter

When I write, I actually hear the characters speak. Almost like an actor - even though I'm not an actor at all - getting…

— Kareem Mortimer

I think it's important that 'Star Wars' characters speak universally, to kids and to people.

— Dave Filoni

When I say myself, I don't mean just as a woman of color, as a girl who's growing up in the Bronx, as people…

— Sofia Quintero

In fiction, I tend to write fairly realistic dialogue-not always, and it tends to vary from book to book. But in many books, there…

— Don DeLillo