Characters Quotes

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My first job is to write the characters as full and authentic people as well as I can. — Sara Zarr
I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives. — Kathryn Lasky
I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. I think Charlize Theron would make a lovely Marie… — Kathryn Lasky
Usually, family films have characters speaking with each other with much dignity and respect. — Sunny Deol
You go into the Lions camp with preconceived ideas about players and teams and then find guys are actually very different, and the beauty of… — Brian O'Driscoll
I am like my characters - sometimes even the female ones. — Jorge Amado
I think that, ultimately, there are so many characters in G.I. Joe that even all the iterations - the comics and the different cartoons and… — D. J. Cotrona
With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw them away. — Jonathan Nolan
Everyone loves characters that are relatable or who have unique quirks or tragic flaws. — Joe Madureira
Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people. — Yael Stone
A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood. — Anthony Browne
As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters. — Karin Slaughter
My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes. — Karin Slaughter
I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. — Karin Slaughter
I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write. — Alison Tyler
Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my thoughts,… — Siegfried Lenz
With historicals, the research is half the fun. Contemporaries are especially easy. People are right out there in front of you; you meet them every… — Heather Graham Pozzessere
I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting. — Justine Larbalestier
Your landscape in a western is one of the most important characters the film has. The best westerns are about man against his own landscape. — Ridley Scott
Fans want to see a story with characters, and they want to see a story. — Martin Freeman

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