“In general, the best antagonists in fiction represent the protagonist’s Shadow. By confronting and ultimately defeating the antagonist, the hero reintegrates these… — Will Raywood Copy Share Image
What happens with a good score is, somehow the composer manages to cast himself or herself in the role of the protagonist.… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just… — Mike White Copy Share Image
The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts… — Steve Gleason Copy Share Image
'Aashiqui 2' and 'Yeh Jawaani' were hit films, especially the former film in which I was the protagonist. — Aditya Roy Kapur Copy Share Image
“What was the point of having a situation worthy of fiction if the protagonist didn't behave as he would have done in… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonist's taste in music, or… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
In some ways, every character we write, especially the protagonist, is some version of ourselves, as a writer/director, even if they aren't… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
“This is the time to remember that I’m the protagonist in my own story, facing every challenge with grace and wit.” — Maya Van Wagenen Copy Share Image
We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
You couldn't escape the literary atmosphere in our home. I grew up as a Britisher. I played a protagonist of every nationality… — Satya Bhabha Copy Share Image
Dogma not only blinds its protagonist, but it muzzles all other opposition. — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
There's a bizarre insistence on how a story should be. 'The protagonist must be sympathetic!' they say. Whatever that means. I never… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
There are very few games, especially on the scale of 'Horizon,' that have a sole protagonist that is female. — Ashly Burch Copy Share Image
By the time you have your protagonist attempting to assassinate the Pope, you've sort of signaled that everything is on the table. — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
On reading the first part of Anthony Powell's four-part masterpiece, 'A Dance to the Music of Time,' I was struck by one… — Rebecca Pidgeon Copy Share Image
In prose, leaps of logic can be made while the protagonist thinks about things and arrives at conclusions. Even with voiceover, there's… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
I'd read 'Paradise Lost' as an undergrad at university but remembered little about it. No, not true: I remembered few details, but… — Andrew Pyper Copy Share Image
I know I am not the first woman to ask this, but how can I be both damaged and loveable? How do… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
Whenever the protagonist of the film becomes bigger than the hero of the film, the film is bound to become a hit. — Satish Kaushik Copy Share Image
To become a villain, you had to have become disillusioned, and in order to become disillusioned you had to have been passionate… — Matthew Davis Copy Share Image
If the reader is rooting for the protagonist, they'll forgive you just about everything else. — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
The downside of doing a multi-protagonist movie is that you don't get to service each character as you would if they were… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
