As an actor, you have to be able to put yourself into the character since your job is literally making the character… — Hafthor Bjornsson Copy Share Image
It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I felt like that character in Flowers for Algernon. Not Charlie, the lady teacher from the college who realizes, 'I've got to… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“Knowledge in the head and virtue in the heart, time devoted to study or business, instead of show and pleasure, are the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The character of human life, like the character of the human condition, like the character of all life, is "ambiguity": the inseparable… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Unrestricted laissez faire capitalism allocates resources in a most efficient way to satisfy human wants without regard to the rationality or morality… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
When I first heard the script of 'Brishti Brishti,' I was really excited. The film will require me to break away from… — Ravi Kishan Copy Share Image
I am not sure how much good is done by moralising about fairy tales. This can be unsubtle - telling children that… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
[Albert Camus] started thinking through sensation. He could never think with artefacts or with cultural models because there were none. So it's… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
Also, worldbuilding touches all aspects of your story. It touches plot and character as well. If you don't know the culture your… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
You can't wake up one morning and say, 'Right, now I'm going to be a leader.' I think it is something that's… — Didier Deschamps Copy Share Image
I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my… — Ben Sollee Copy Share Image
I have always considered The Merry Wives one of the worst plays, if not altogether the worst, that Shakespeare has left us.… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Writing is hard work, and if anything's true about the process, it's that fact that a good story is hard to find… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
I have observed that religious practice is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness itself. I have also suggested… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the… — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
“You carry people around with you in your character; all the people you have been close to have made you a little… — Sabine Durrant Copy Share Image
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up… — Sam Ewing Copy Share Image
'Flashpoint' is a showcase to demonstrate why the Flash is a major character, just like how we've done with Green Lantern. It's… — Geoff Johns Copy Share Image
I'm Iranian, which means I feel that I have more right to take off other races and religions, being an 'ethnic' myself.… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
Ambition is a passion, at once strong and insidious, and is very apt to cheat a man out of his happiness and… — Edward Bates Copy Share Image
The really good thing about my career is that I never went through a phase where I played characters who had names… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me.… — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
When I went to college, I lived on campus, and the guys I hung out with made the characters in Revenge of… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
A sentence is born into this world neither good nor bad, and that to establish its character is a question of the… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
When I can't get the character out of my head, and I'm in my bedroom and I start to actually act out… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
When you have characters talking about music in any way, especially about music someone doesn't know, some people presume it's about showing… — Kieron Gillen Copy Share Image
The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
An evolutionary morality argues that The North was right in pursuing that war because a nation is a higher form of evolution… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The cognitive development of the players is enormously important, as well as social competence and character values such as discipline and teamwork. — Joachim Low Copy Share Image
And that doesn't cost any money, to have decent relationships and viable situations. What costs money is car chases and shoot-outs, so… — Nick Love Copy Share Image
I don't think it is worth explaining how a character's nose or chin looks. It is my feeling that readers will prefer… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Those who quit their proper character to assume what does not belong to them are, for the greater part, ignorant both of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
When we read a book, we have a blurry image that's kind of physical but blurry. But we have an emotional image… — Niels Arden Oplev Copy Share Image
We know that communication must be hampered, and its form largely determined, by the unconscious but inevitable influence of a transmitting mechanism,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image