Characters Quotes

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What is absolutely true is that any good [Television] series has a specific voice. And I think that voice is almost exclusively the domain of… — Howard Gordon
I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history. — Tony Kushner
When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not been justified by… — Pearl Cleage
I believe you shouldn't force the audience's interpretation of a character or a story. The more you explain things, the less intriguing and imaginable they… — Takeshi Kitano
. . . the cruel part is that, to let the play live, you have to surrender control and let your characters go. You have… — Tina Howe
I very much write from characters. Those people start speaking, and then I have them in the house with me and I live with them.… — Wendy Wasserstein
I work sometimes from outlines, which are immediately abandoned. Sometimes, when I'm trying to find the characters, I'll sketch things out a bit. Sometimes, outlines… — Paul Rudnick
The dream of a writer is to be surprised by his characters. All of a sudden, they are living their own lives; they are not… — Jean-Claude Carriere
I've never written a fiction before about real people. . . . I read everything that I could find by people who met them and… — Michael Frayn
I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please myself.… — Elmore Leonard
. . . I felt that making her one-dimensional would be an insult to the audience, and also not as interesting. All destructive people have… — Richard LaGravenese
[Hollywood] studios are handing out money to make independent films now, but they all want the same thing. They want the style and the deadpan… — Stanley Tucci
I firmly believe in and support everyone's right to freedom of artistic expression. STEEL MAGNOLIAS is my artistic expression, and it is my right to… — Robert Harling
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns, arches,… — Washington Irving
The effects of human wickedness are written on the page of history in characters of blood: but the impression soon fades away; so more blood… — Augustus William Hare
You establish a technique on how to develop characters. Everyone does it their own way, and that's what makes it fun. — Frank Vincent
You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors. — Wes Bentley
Every sport has its own cast of characters. — Randy Savage
From wrestling to my hip-hop thing, I've just been able to do so much and meet so many crazy characters. — Randy Savage
What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role. — Natasha Calis

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