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Character Quotes by Thomas Perry
- You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when…
- But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification…
- I do like to explore evil characters in my books.
- If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some…
- Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to…
- The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most…
- What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then…
- Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.
More Character Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Life may burn us, it's how we rise out of the ashes that define our character. — Nishan Panwar
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey
- Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges,… — Richard G. Scott
- Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership. — John C. Maxwell
- Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography… — Mark Twain