Usually, the creating of the book happens while I'm writing the book. I start with Chapter One, with a few ideas and… — Lily King Copy Share Image
Sexual morality - as society in its extreme form, the American, defines it - is contemptible. I advocate an incomparably freer sexual… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I think the scariest thing to me is to think that somebody would only associate me with one character and that that's… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
When I was starting out I did vox pops for a late-night TV show. I went to interview this guy, and before… — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow… — Guy Ritchie Copy Share Image
When I think about my Glamazon, would that character get down if someone said her thighs were heavy? No, she knows what… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Virtues are often conquered by vices, but their rout is most complete when it is inflicted by other virtues, more militant, more… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
To me, you couldn't write a character like J. Edgar Hoover and have it be believable. I mean, he was a crock… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
“The world has far too much morality, at least in the sense of activity of people's moral instincts. If you look, and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“And I have a weakness for people with character. Those who you can see determination sparkling in their eyes. Straight-forward, knowing how… — Sarah Adel Copy Share Image
You should let dialogue get as nearly out of control as you can. Characters should say what they say to each other… — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for… — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
Being a painter myself... whenever I could dispense with architectural precision, I indulged in the picturesque, in which case I sacrificed a… — Charles Negre Copy Share Image
I see this with experienced writers, too: They worry so much about the plot that they lose sight of the characters. They… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
“I don’t like perfect heroes; I can’t recognize myself in them. I like flawed heroes, like me. I want to see how… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
This lunge at moral fastidiousness was something she'd noticed a lot in people around here. They were not good people. They were… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and everything about me - the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world - has… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Confident people, who understand comedy, improvise so much better than people who are scared. You can't be scared to improvise. You have… — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
Well, if you look at the whole story, I mean there's only Jews and Romans in the story. I mean I just… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
The Killing Fields, my character's teachings frame the movie and the argument of his lectures is the challenge of dealing with the… — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
Musicals and horror films can be very non-verbal and very pure cinema with movement. The camera is justified in being a character.… — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Copy Share Image
I played a little bit of 'City of Heroes' - they have a really great character generation system. I was pretty impressed… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I've met many, many writers who say they would never write about their family, never write about people they did not totally… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put… — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood landscapes to… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The Million Dollar Man the character is actually a Vince McMahon original. It was presented to me and Vince kind of started… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
The greatest saints, those richest in grace and virtue will be the most assiduous in praying to the most Blessed Virgin, looking… — Louis de Montfort Copy Share Image
The tsar of War and Peace, especially in the BBC version, is a complete popinjay and a useless character. The real tsar,… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
“Still, I never heard him say that he hated or wanted to hurt or kill someone for all the horrific things that… — Savo Heleta Copy Share Image
It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal… — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What an amazing creative way to magnify, and illuminate the courage of 30 Sheroes whose courage, leadership and character is symbolic of… — Emory Douglas Copy Share Image
I love the Irish for their attachment to the faith and for many amiable and noble qualities, but they are deficient in… — Orestes Brownson Copy Share Image
It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image