I would say plotting is the most difficult thing for me. Characterization is only hard because sometimes I feel I get so… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It is no accident that Hitler, Lenin, Pol Pot and other butchers of note took special pains early in their despotic careers… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
“He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a parallel between a… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
It is not unusual to hear a religious leader, a philosopher, or a poet refer to man as having a divine spark… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy. — John Bolton Copy Share Image
I don't really enjoy working in TV, to be completely honest, even though it's incredibly lucrative, I'm just terrified of not being… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
The 250-page outline for American Tabloid. The books are so dense. They're so complex, you cannot write like I write off the… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“Samantha sometimes found Miles absurd and, increasingly, dull. Every now and then, though, she enjoyed his pomposity in precisely the same spirit… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I reject totally the characterization of a transwoman as a mutilated man. First, that formulation presumes that men born into that sex… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“What truly matters isn’t your feelings or even those of your characters—it’s the emotional experience of your audience.” — Will Raywood Copy Share Image
Of course, there are hundreds of novels and authors that have influenced me. But to choose three, they are: Stephen King/The Stand… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Instead of saying, ah, I don't have the money, just embrace it and do what we can do. And the scenes that… — George Tillman, Jr Copy Share Image
An attempt to write nothing but characterization will soon bog down; I for one don't want to have somebody tell me about… — Daniel Keys Moran Copy Share Image
“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book:… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization,… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
Shamefulness is always a huge part of my characterizations. I like protagonists that reveal, either through "honesty" in their various thought processes… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
“Raven has always been nice, in the same way vanilla ice cream is nice but you’d rather have cookie dough.” — Jessica Goodman Copy Share Image
When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If through no fault of his own the hero is crushed by a bulldozer in Act II, we are not impressed. Even… — Bernard Knox Copy Share Image
“He was too many things at once - a boy, a man, and everything in between - and the differing parts of… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
Our characterization of collective folly is that sound judgment is not feasible when there is forced or false agreement in groups. We… — Alan Briskin Copy Share Image
