Characters Quotes

2913 quotes by 2044 authors

You have to make sure you have the characters you want. That's really the most complicated part. — Joan Didion
I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people can… — Maeve Binchy
You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional -… — Rachael Leigh Cook
I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect. — Tom Berenger
Here's my feeling: For everyone, men and women, it's important to be a feminist. It's important to have female characters. It's wonderful for women to… — Mindy Kaling
I became an actor so I can show you characters and never have to show you me. — Margot Robbie
I write for fanboy moments. I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore… — Joss Whedon
You read about somebody, and doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real… — John Hartford
The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove it. — George Whitefield
Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of my… — Stephen King
The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories — Diane Arbus
Writers are magpies, and we collect details about people and we use them for fictional characters. — Caroline Leavitt
My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell. — Harold Ramis
One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction. — H.G. Wells
A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel. — Mo Yan
First and foremost, God is the true hero of the story. No matter how captivating the other characters may be, our top priority is to… — Carolyn Custis James
I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as characters. I made… — Yaya Han
The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up. — Jonathan Kellerman
Whether we know it or not, our minds and hearts are populated by all the characters we will ever need - though we may disassemble… — David Corbett
Jane Kindredâ€™s THE HOUSE OF ARKHANGEL'SK dazzles with its surreal blending of worlds. Lost angel Anazakia, last survivor of her murdered family, finds herself in… — Lynn Flewelling

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