Characters Quotes

2913 quotes by 2038 authors

Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking. — Chuck Palahniuk
Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the… — Edward Rutherfurd
I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that this is the… — Anita Shreve
I love creating characters and becoming someone else entirely. — Brina Palencia
I never rehearse scenes with the whole ensemble, because I need to preserve some surprise. Instead, I work with the cast individually on their characters. — Arnaud Desplechin
Aquaman is one of the greatest characters at DC Comics and one of my favorites. — Geoff Johns
A lot of banging in the head has built up over the decades, and for my own sanity, I needed to write. I wanted to… — Martin Donovan
You have to always try to think about them like real people first, and not just heroes. They have to be real characters. As people… — Greg Berlanti
Health messages are simply overwhelmed, in volume and in effectiveness, by junk-food ads that often deploy celebrities or cartoon characters to great effect. We may… — Michael Moss
Every film is faced with the enemy of time. Only so much story can fit into the 90-150 minutes of time that moviegoers are willing… — Alex Gibney
I believe people leave a theater bonding with characters. Story is the vessel that carries character. Comedy is a very important component of expressing character. — Chris Meledandri
I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating characters in a… — Robert Boswell
I like spending a lot of time fine-tuning all the small characters. I think it really pays off. — Ellen Chenoweth
When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture,… — Leslie Cockburn
I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, stories that raise moral questions but… — William Lashner
Characters are often revealed by the ways they misapprehend others. — Robert Boswell
The characters in my stories, whether historical or fictional, usually prove to be a compilation of influences taken from differing sources, but never drawn from… — Thomas Steinbeck
I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing. — Kimberly Willis Holt
Now, admittedly, Twitter can be entertaining on occasion, as it turns out that 140 characters offers a great chance to be misunderstood - and an… — David Harsanyi
In terms of showing their emotions and acting on them, my women characters are a lot more advanced than the men. — Kent Haruf

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