Characters Quotes

2913 quotes by 2044 authors

A lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to have an ego in a way that the stomach doesn't have… — Matthew Barney
My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth… — Sara Zarr
Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my… — Terry Brooks
Steven Erikson is an extraordinary writer. I read Gardens of the Moon with great pleasure. And now that I have read it, I would be… — Stephen R. Donaldson
Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead… — Alan Dean Foster
Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given… — Alan Dean Foster
For me the most interesting characters are outwardly static, but inwardly charged by an overriding passion. — Andrei Tarkovsky
I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself. — Akira Kurosawa
The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they've been given. I believe you must live honestly… — Akira Kurosawa
Most of the soap operas always use the Christmas special to kill huge quantities of their characters. So they have trams coming off their rails,… — Julian Fellowes
As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters. — Epicurus
Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters. — Jack Levine
You know, I don't talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I kind of squirmed… — Christoph Waltz
Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up… — Michael Fassbender
Kindness is the color in the cathedral window which woven into beautiful characters shuts out the hideous sights of a world which is all too… — James Leonard Gordon
It is so rare...to find a complete person, with a soul, a heart and an imagination; so rare for characters as ardent and restless as… — Hector Berlioz
One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a… — Nancy Kerrigan
Life is but one continual course of instruction. The hand of the parent writes on the heart of the child the first faint characters which… — Paul R. Hill
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters. — Plato
I think all writers are always collecting characters as we go along. Not just characters of course, we're collecting EVERYTHING. Bits and pieces of story.… — Alexandra Sokoloff

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