Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

You are playing a character obviously, and everything you are saying is filtered through that person. It is not you that is saying it. It is filtered… — Unknown Author
I think it's important I stay connected to every part of my personality. I play basketball. I rock climb. I paint. I'm a little bit… — Ansel Elgort
I didn't go Hollywood on the outside with flashy cars, upstairs maids and mink covered bathroom fixtures. I went Hollywood on the inside--and that's worst… — Unknown Author
There was never a finer character - charitable and friendly to his foes and ever willing to help a youngster breaking in. — Johnny Evers
Whether these characters are lovable or detestable, they're lovable or detestable in a TV way - defined by a minimal set of traits that are… — Jonathan Rosenbaum
None but the most blindly credulous will imagine the characters and events in this story to be anything but fictitious. It is true that the… — Unknown Author
In homes where high ideals and gospel values are maintained, it is parents, not teachers, who lay the foundation of character and faith in the… — Rex D. Pinegar
Good habits are developed in the workshops of our daily lives. It is not in the great moments of test and trial that character is… — Delbert L. Stapley
Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and… — D. Todd Christofferson
Fate is a funny character. She puts obstacles in your path to see what character ye have. Life isn't fair,life is a test. — Unknown Author
Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated by her memorable… — Andrea Barrett
The children's writer not only makes a satisfactory connection between [the writer's] present maturity and his past childhood, he also does the same for his… — Philippa Pearce
Alethea Black can drop you into a dream with a single sentence, then convince you it's real. Her characters' best hopes and worst fears usually… — Unknown Author
Steve Sailer gives us the real Barack Obama, who turns out to be very, very different - and much more interesting - than the bland… — John Derbyshire
A feverish, fearless writer, Justin Taylor delivers 'blessed pleasure' in translating the 'baffling Christ babble' in The Gospel of Anarchy, a novel whose shiftless characters,… — Christine Schutt
Then Bono arrived, and he meant to play the guitar, but he couldn't play very well, so he started to sing. He couldn't do that… — Larry Mullen, Jr.
A Concordance of Leaves is an epic poem of the indomitable yet fragile human spirit. Philip Metres brings Palestine and Palestinians into English with rare… — Unknown Author
The Henty books provide training in history and in many of the highest aspects of human character... American young people should read not a few… — Arthur B. Robinson
Writers shouldn't fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they're trying to accomplish. The idea is to write… — Stephen Coonts
The life story of the five main characters and the secondary characters around them allows Jonathan Franzen to present the full impetus and extent of… — Unknown Author
Generally, if I can't be true to the creator's intention and spirit, I will probably shy away from working on a character. — Darwyn Cooke
You cannot have your news instantly and have it done well. You cannot have your news reduced to 140 characters or less without losing large… — Ryan Holiday
There is no worse flaw in man's character than that of wanting to belong. — David Adams Richards
I like writing teen characters because they’re vulnerable to the newness of things; and vulnerability makes emotional responses raw, vital and unguarded. Lacking a context… — Allan Stratton
I really love being a character actor. — Missi Pyle

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