Favoring 'resolution' the way we do, it is hard for us men…

Steve [King] has been incredibly supportive. He's also really good about getting back to me when I have questions about plot or characterization.

— Robin Furth

Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort of, yes.

— Brent Weeks

You can use the fun of the genre, but I also really wanted to come at it from the point of view of some…

— Adrian Hodges

Characterization is not divorced from plot, not a coat of paint you slap on after the structure of events is already built. Rather characterization…

— Nancy Kress

“I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much, He is a great observer, and…

— William Shakespeare

Characterization requires self-knowledge, insight into human nature . . . it is more than impersonation.

— Leon Surmelian

I think with any characterization there's a point where you empathize, no matter how much of a deviance his or her actions may be…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Now, learning how to make a movie is something you can figure out in about an afternoon. The physics of it, the marks, the…

— Tom Hanks

Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.

— David Corbett

There are technical tricks that may help you create more effective characters. My approach to characterization is not at all technical. I can't really…

— Juliet Marillier

I think my wife would take objection to any characterization of me as perfect.

— Peter Blair Henry

Because the world of this film begins and ends in the imagination of Tim Burton, you're not seeing a movie that's been shot on…

— Anne Hathaway

“the characterization of actions allegedly prior to any narrative form being imposed upon them will always turn out to be the presentation of what…

— Alasdair MacIntyre

He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail…

— Kelly Corrigan

I get letters from adults saying that they love the books because they are more in-depth with characterization than the comics. The luxury of…

— Lisa Yee