Characters Quotes

2913 quotes by 2044 authors

I don't write for an audience. I write for myself. And if I imagine an audience at all, it's the characters, but I know that… — Ursula Hegi
It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes.… — Walter Lord
My fear -- and what Ive read and heard -- is that lesbians feel like [The L Word cast] all have long hair, and everyone… — Leisha Hailey
The Humbling is not vintage Roth, despite its compelling premise. The bizarre series of episodes -- mostly sexual encounters with women -- which make up… — Philip Hensher
It is not my behavior to either wear minimum clothes, to band or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to… — Katrina Kaif
My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than… — Joan Miro
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man. — Edward Thorndike
I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male… — Curtis Sittenfeld
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround… — David Brin
I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like… — David Brin
Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed. — Hannah More
The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds. — Robert Greene
It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations. — C.S. Lewis
In the vast majority of movies, everything is done for the audience. We are cued to laugh or cry, be frightened or relieved; Hitchcock called… — Roger Ebert
Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on the reader. Curiosity… — E. M. Forster
I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are… — Fanny Burney
But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot. — Keith Miller
When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have… — Charlotte Mary Yonge
As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever… — Edward Gibbon
I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new… — Darren Aronofsky

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