Characters Quotes

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It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which we are characters. — Dani Shapiro
You know how they do that effect in movies, where they make it look like you have a twin, but it's really just the same… — Zach Braff
I've always preferred Marvel over DC. I just relate to their characters better. I mean look at Wolverine, at first he was just a bit… — Zach Braff
I definitely try to play a common man in my roles so people can identify with my characters, but the truth of the matter is… — Zach Braff
It depresses me when people expect me to be like the characters I play on film. I'm not some whiny loser punk, I'm a man's… — Zach Braff
If the book is finishedâ€”published and on the shelfâ€”I do not think of revising it. But if I'm not finished psychologically with characters, they will… — Antonya Nelson
Readers will share in the environs of the author and her characters, be taken into the hardship of a pitiless place and emerge on the… — Antonya Nelson
SHADOW PROWLER is a fresh, exuberant take on territory that will be familiar to all fans of classic high fantasy. Alexey Pehov introduces a cast… — Kevin J. Anderson
Shakespeare's plays often turn on the idea of fate, as much drama does. What makes them so tragic is the gap between what his characters… — Nate Silver
I understand why creative people like dark, but American audiences dont like dark. They like story. They do not respond to nervous breakdowns and unhappy… — Leslie Moonves
The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty — Dylan Moran
I've played a heroin addict and a speed freak and dark characters throughout my career. — Meg Ryan
If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex. — Norman MacCaig
If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to… — Jason Statham
There are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters. — Thomas Chalmers
This is a wonderful world for women. The richness, the hope, the promise of life today, particularly for women, are exciting beyond belief. Nonetheless, we… — Belle S. Spafford
Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. He may be a… — Thomas Chalmers
We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the… — Henry Ward Beecher
I am the common man. I'm polite, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed around. That's my… — Eugene Levy
Celebrity is a national drama whose characters' parts and plots are written by the tabloids, gossip columnists, websites and interactive buttons. The famous don't actually… — A. A. Gill

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