When I wrote about the French Revolution, I didn't choose to write about aristocrats; I chose characters who began their lives in… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I think you have to love the characters that you write. I don't know how you could possibly write a TV show… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical. — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create… — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
I did a great deal of research to write 'The Irish Duke.' Since all the people in this Lords of the Realm… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
The woeful tales of 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Street Fighter' have taught studios that merely slapping a name to a movie is… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences,… — Brenda Blethyn Copy Share Image
In the pre-production process, I am emailing with the actors or jumping on the phone, and we're sort of figuring out who… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
Sci-fi fans really have a commitment to the characters even as much as the actors do. There's a synergy between making television… — Brooke Nevin Copy Share Image
I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters. — Conrad Hall Copy Share Image
There's not one thing that inspires me the most. Me and my friends joke around with each other and hang out so… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
“How can I make a stranger see her as she stopped in the hall at the foot of the stairs and turned… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I prefer to do cable TV because it allows you the time to do other things. I definitely have an eye on… — Bailey Chase Copy Share Image
In the early '90s, I wrote a play called 'Word of Mouth' in which I played a number of different characters. One… — James Lecesne Copy Share Image
In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself. — Mika Copy Share Image
“He who sacrifices his respect for love basically burns his body to obtain the light.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Good becomes better by playing against better, but better doesn't become the best by playing against good.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I… — Arnaud Desplechin Copy Share Image
