Character Quote by Anna Brownell Jameson

Conflict is the microscope of a book. When it's trained on a character, you see what's underneath the narratives of physical description. You see…

— J.R. Ward

Usually there is a paradox in what a character wants. A conflict is built deeply within them. And then you put them in motion,…

— Dana Spiotta

Conflict builds character. Crisis defines it.

— Steven V Thulon

Conflict is the very essence of life.

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

Clearly, Im drawn to characters with inner conflicts.

— Jacqueline Carey

There will always be conflict forever and how we deal with conflict is what can help define our character.

— Rick Owens

Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of…

— Karl Jaspers

The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.

— Garth Brooks

Any kind of conflict draws me to a role.

— Anne-Marie Duff

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity,…

— John Dewey

Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.

— Anonymous

The position of power and having to make decisions that you don't necessarily want to make is always good conflict and good drama.

— Stephen Moyer