Characters Quotes

2913 quotes by 1993 authors

At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an extraordinary woman, and… — Joss Whedon
My needs were simple I didn't bother much with themes or felicitous phrases and skipped fine descriptions of weather, landscapes and interiors. I wanted characters… — Ian Mcewan
There was, in my view, an unwritten contract with the reader that the writer must honour. No single element of an imagined world or any… — Ian Mcewan
Listen and learn: you need fourteen characters, minimum. Use random letters, not words. Hereâ€™s a tip: think of a sentence, and use the first letter… — Julie James
Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I think to myself,… — Hiromu Arakawa
These characters were like twelve-bar blues or other chord progressions. Given the basic parameters of Batman, different creators could play very different music. — Grant Morrison
How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . . .… — William Wilberforce
We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so… — Thomas Bernhard
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only… — Kurt Vonnegut
Novels without female characters were a lifeless desert. — Ian Mcewan
One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters. — Kurt Vonnegut
Whoa, I've really got to stop making plans with fictional characters. It can't be healthy to develop relationships with people who don't exist. — Chris Colfer
I feel closer ties and more intimate bonds with certain characters in books, with certain images Iâ€™ve seen in engravings, than with many supposedly real… — Fernando Pessoa
But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a novel has some special insight into the characters in the novel...it's ridiculous.… — John Green
I know you've all heard the advice, "Show, don't tell." The best writers don't tell you, and quite frankly they don't just show you --… — Josh Lanyon
I love the way that each book -- any book -- is its own journey. You open it, and off you go. You are changed… — Sharon Creech
Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation we… — Scarlett Thomas
Talking out loud to fictional characters is just the tip of the iceberg. — Jodi Picoult
Life is too short to be anything but real with the cast of characters God has placed in the story of your life. Love well,… — Karen Kingsbury
I leapt eagerly into books. The charactersâ€™ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own. — Ruta Sepetys

Who Wrote These Characters Quotes

1,993 authors contributed a total of 2,913 Characters Quotes, led by these top contributors: