After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
I've played positive characters. But those films haven't been noticed. — Vishwajeet Pradhan Copy Share Image
Every film is faced with the enemy of time. Only so much story can fit into the 90-150 minutes of time that… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I'm always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it… — Jaime Ray Newman Copy Share Image
'Twisted' is similar to 'Pretty Little Liars' in that it's about trying to find out who did it, but it's more about… — Avan Jogia Copy Share Image
Marvel's got a crowded universe, and there are already so many characters hogging the spotlight that it's hard to break through that.… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
The bourgeois novel is the greatest enemy of truth and honesty that was ever invented. It's a vast, sentimentalizing structure that reassures… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
TV has gone back to basics, relating to middle class family with real characters, less make-up and simple shots. I feel as… — Mona Singh Copy Share Image
I can't sleep in an isolated place without pills, earplugs, and both my children in bed with me for fear of scary,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
A lot of my comic influences are distinctly American: Woody Allen and Bob Hope, for example. They were always the underdogs who… — Stephen Merchant Copy Share Image
“A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
All my main characters have got bits of me, bits of my family, bits of my friends. — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
No, there isn't a particular type of genre that I'm drawn to. I'm more drawn to the possibility of creating different characters,… — Freddy Rodriguez Copy Share Image
While the TV show 'Rizzoli & Isles' may have been inspired by my books, show runner Janet Tamaro has total control over… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I have been taught to do justice to the characters I play irrespective of the medium. — Nikitin Dheer Copy Share Image
'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith is one of my favorites. Even though it doesn't have any monsters or crazy… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Creating the characters is the most creative part of the novel except for the language itself. There I am, sitting in front… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“If they are good characters, they have minds of their owns. If they are great characters, they go stomping off into the… — Wendi Kelly Copy Share Image
“Mixing old wine with new wine is stupidity, but mixing old wisdom with new wisdom is maturity.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I'm interested in characters. I love them, and I love to write them. — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I do know that I like to play characters that are sometimes a little on the outside - that's because it feels… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
