Writers-on-writing Quote by Brian A. McBride Download Open image ““Some of the best characters are the most flawed characters.”” — Brian A. McBride ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Writers-on-writing Writing Writing-inspiration
It seems to me that most characters, in anything, are flawed in some way, just like most people. You look for the good in… — Aidan Gillen Copy Share Image
“Only you could take one of my worst character faults and turn it into a virtue.” — Susan Andersen Copy Share Image
“A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“I don’t like perfect heroes; I can’t recognize myself in them. I like flawed heroes, like me. I want to see how they struggle… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“One uncontrolled character flaw can ruin your greatest accomplishment.” — Wayde Goodall Copy Share Image
“Character is less about what we do wrong And All about what we make right…” — Navonne Johns Copy Share Image
“..although he may be flawed, he is not the evil person I portrayed him ..” — Shaw J. Dallal Copy Share Image
“The good characters in my book are loosely based on folks I know. All the bad stuff is made up.” — Mike Bove Copy Share Image
“But I’m starting to think that most villains aren’t evil—they are just misunderstood. Or victims of that most manipulative force: love.” — Karina Halle Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a hero is unbelievably good for so many but terribly bad for someone else.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Writers write because they're writers. Because their imaginations boil up inside of them, waiting to overflow into the written word. Ordinary people have little capacity for unyielding imagination, whereas the natural-born writer can do little but yield to the tug of imagination. Ordinary people may practice for years to 'perfect' the challenge of writing; but the one destined to create… — Brian A. McBride Copy Share
“I don't want to write soft, easy fiction; I want to write fiction that challenges.” — Brian A. McBride Copy Share Image
“Everybody is born with a little bit of writer in them. We all come with the desire to work hard to see our creations… — Brian A. McBride Copy Share Image
“From now until eternity meets its end, you will walk by faith and not by sight...” — Brian A. McBride Copy Share Image
To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
“Sylvia Plath and I met a long time ago. A really long time ago. Was it a summer day? No! It was a wintry… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.” — Stephanie Lennox Copy Share Image
“If you really have talent, you know, you'll go on writing - whatever people say to you.” — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“Art is too often discounted as a secondary priority. The writer is necessary to society.” — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“A writer writes regardless... even though... notwithstanding... despite... at any rate... anyhow... nevertheless... in the face of... undeterred by... heedless of... and because. The… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people a melody of rudimentary experiences and respond to a stabilizing tune strung together with a shared ethos. We walk in parallel strides with our brethren seeking out equivalent affirmations of our being. We long to shout… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share
“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness; we take… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
