Character Quotes

9624 Character quotes by 4950 unique authors

Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where when you do the… — Pam Grier
I think that when you look at the great politicians, the two greatest in my view were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, they certainly had… — John McCain
The whole character of Justin and the club life he lives - I have no experience with it. It's really foreign to me, which is… — Randy Harrison
An act of heroism, of extraordinary courage, the grandeur of it, won't easily inspire us to act in imitation, but it can inspire us to… — John McCain
I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and… — Ken Follett
Harmony comes gradually to a pilot and his plane. The wing does not want so much to fly true as to tug at the hands… — Beryl Markham
You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work. — Chris Cooper
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army.… — Jean Paul
The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only… — Will Durant
You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if it's supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone… — David R. Ellis
Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it… — David Brooks
When I was working on Eye of the Beholder, I played a character who is so aloof that my whole lifestyle became very aloof. If… — Ashley Judd
There's a lot of me in it. But the character is more egotistical. I'm also egotistical, but not the way the character is. This guy… — Paulo Coelho
I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix? — Amy Tan
To say that Agatha Christie’s characters are cardboard cut-outs is an insult to cardboard cut-outs. — Ruth Rendell
A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat. — Rex Stout
I do not allow fan-fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan-fiction with my characters. I advise my readers… — Anne Rice
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. — Nelson Mandela
It is [every woman’s] right to ignore the dictates of fashion and dress in a manner that is becoming to her own character and personality. — Lillie Langtry
Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be. — Fernando Pessoa
Neil [Gaiman, creator of the comic Sandman, featuring the Amos-based character Delirium] believes that faeries have gone beyond cool. They've transcended cool. I just think… — Tori Amos
I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it… — Ken Follett
In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking.… — Sidney Sheldon
I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth. — Jeffery Deaver
Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character — Karl Jaspers

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