Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
A certain alloy of expediency improves the gold of morality and makes it wear all the longer. — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
I always try to make my characters people, and yet I always want to entertain. — Jeffrey Combs Copy Share Image
Let a man be endowed with ten virtues and have but one fault and the one fault will eclipse and darken all… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in a character's goodness. I'm interested in what makes them human. — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
I'll try to find a character or a story that is different from those I've done before. — Shin Min-a Copy Share Image
In an average moral universal society, good people will try to do the right thing, and psychotic people will do wicked things.… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I suppose the reason why I like acting is because I'm curious about human nature, and the less I know about a… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've been trying to build a relationship with an audience. I've tried to maintain as much of a low… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being involved with comics is that those people are devoted to their characters, writers and artists.… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
Get to know two things about a man. How he earns his money and how he spends it. You will then have… — Robert McCracken Copy Share Image
You have to think about good storytelling and characters first. Then hopefully, the rest of that stuff will follow, some more than… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
The characters have desperation and it doesn't work out for everyone. Maybe it's not fair because I'm responding to the adaptations that… — Robert Sikoryak Copy Share Image
I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll never be… — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
There's barely a strand of the modern media that the Kardashian-Wests haven't been able to master, and for good reason: Kanye is… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
When I was trying to achieve my goal, I started training. I became a character, and everyone was expecting me to become… — Mustafa Ali Copy Share Image
Maybe there is a sort of a sweet middle ground there, where you can do something with something with like 20 to… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
One of the great myths in America is that sports build character. They can and they should. Indeed, sports may be the… — Joe Ehrmann Copy Share Image
“...if I were to ever have enough material or the philosophical mind to write a book about what a good life ought… — Mohammed Naseehu Ali Copy Share Image
History teaches us that many breakthroughs were happy accidents. Whether that's penicillin coming from Fleming neglecting to clean his laboratory before going… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
Usually, with a novel, you start with no idea what to do because your job is to create convincing characters and then… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I was the singing voice of a cartoon character. I did dog food commercials. I did a lot of commercials, actually, and… — Cheryl Ladd Copy Share Image
The victories of character are instant, and victories for all. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
