Characters Quotes

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The truth is, everything ultimately comes down to the relationship between the reader and the writer and the characters. Does or does not a character… — Whitley Strieber
They really stay just characters to me. I look at them, and I don't see always the same person up there. And hopefully, people will… — Charlize Theron
You can't really write until the characters kind of show up one day and tell you what they're going to say. You start to hear… — Chris Terrio
Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry. — David Tang
Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more people to learn… — David Tang
I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people. — Holland Taylor
Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show. — Major Taylor
I'd always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass. But,… — Olivia Thirlby
As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear… — Tate Taylor
I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I… — Tate Taylor
I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood,… — Gabrielle Union
If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in… — Marguerite Young
I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters. — Tracey Ullman
It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play. — Emily VanCamp
I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with… — Joan D. Vinge
I've learned a lot about stage-managing for illustration. Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image. I've… — Scott Westerfeld
As a novelist, you deepen your characters as you go, adding layers. As a reporter, you try to peel layers away: observing subjects enough to… — Amy Waldman
I had been a reporter for 15 years when I set out to write my first novel. I knew how to research an article or… — Amy Waldman
As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky… — Gemma Ward
When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me. That's how they sounded to me. It seemed pretentious to… — Irvine Welsh

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