I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy. — John Bolton Copy Share Image
“A good American makes propaganda for whatever existence has forced him to become.” — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
I think my wife would take objection to any characterization of me as perfect. — Peter Blair Henry Copy Share Image
“How could this be? - I thought. - Characterization is my strength!” — Jaclyn Dolamore Copy Share Image
“No, he was silver and amber, starlings and deep, deep purple skies of the night.” — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
Acting is characterization, the process of two entities merging-the actor and the role. — George C. Scott Copy Share Image
This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still… — Harper Lee 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
He defined me first, as parents do. Those early characterizations can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception… — Kelly Corrigan 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 need it all: in-depth characterization, fantastic/warped world building, a plot that could out-race Secretariat, and a 'voice.' I need to hear… — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
“You are the wolf that howls and bites. i am the mustang that nuzzles the hand People know they can work with… — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character. — David Corbett 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
“In any friendship or partnership, there is always one that shines just a little bit brighter than the other. He doesn’t mean… — Molly Collier 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
“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
I get letters from adults saying that they love the books because they are more in-depth with characterization than the comics. The… — Lisa Yee 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
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
I think I made a mistake with [Jane] Austen by reading all six in a row. There are similarities to the plots… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
Whether you're writing a horror show or a James Bond film, I think what bubbles beneath is interesting characterization. The colors that… — John Logan Copy Share Image
“I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much, He is a great… — William Shakespeare 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
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
UG [universal grammar] may be regarded as a characterization of the genetically determined language faculty. One may think of thisfaculty as a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Further, my characterization of a loser is someone who, after making a mistake, doesn’t introspect, doesn’t exploit it, feels embarrassed and defensive… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb 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
“And it was true that if you categorized people by which Disney character they were, then Jonah would always be Bambi. Motherless,… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“I liked it when things went together like that. Not just timing things like the chop/ flick/ knock-stopping, but space things, too.… — Adam Levin 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
“There are three types of actions: purposeful, habitual, and gratuitous. Characters, to be immediate and apprehensible, must be presented by all three.'… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“Most of these stories are on the tragic side. But the reader must not suppose that the incidents I have narrated were… — W. Somerset Maugham 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
“One of the commonest and most generally accepted delusions is that every man can be qualified in some particular way -- said… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue. — Jack Woodford Copy Share Image
![“I think I made a mistake with [Jane] Austen by reading all six in a row. There are similarities to the plots so by the time I got to the last one I could anticipate what was happening too easily. But her characterizations are amazing.” quote by Stephen Dobyns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb6/stephen-dobyns-13599_anticipate_i-think-i-made-a-mistake-with-jane-auste_3185180.jpg)
![“UG [universal grammar] may be regarded as a characterization of the genetically determined language faculty. One may think of thisfaculty as a 'language acquisition device,' an innate component of the human mind that yields a particular language through interaction with present experience, a…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/noam-chomsky-42_acquisition_ug-universal-grammar-may-be-regarded-as_698166.jpg)
![“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)... 'I spoke to three scholars,' [the character says 'at last.'] ...two of them said that, after death, the [sic…” quote by Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/roman-payne-1959_advice-for-writers_i-ran-across-an-excerpt-today-in-english_2690369.jpg)
