Characters Quotes

2913 quotes by 1993 authors

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and… — Andrew Greeley
It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp. — Billy Gibbons
I liked 35 and in both my novels that is the age of the lead characters. I tried making them my age but they just… — Alexei Sayle
With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And… — Gay Talese
I don't like sympathetic characters. — Howard Barker
I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes. — Jodi Picoult
The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters,… — Adam Sandler
There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem like… — Gus Van Sant
There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of… — Gus Van Sant
James Patterson has a way with female characters. He understands women in a way that a lot of male writers don't. — Tracy Pollan
I think all the characters in 'American Horror Story,' which is why I love it, are looking for some sense of meaning, and also it's… — Denis O'Hare
What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like. — Joe Klein
I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them. — Sophie Kinsella
In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul. — Dario Argento
I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who… — Ivan Reitman
Pilots are so hard because you have to introduce all these characters, you have to hook an audience, and an audience has such a smaller… — Max Greenfield
I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices. — Minka Kelly
I like characters who have faults. I'm drawn to darker people. — Hayley Atwell
I'm a big fan of 'Star Wars.' Some of the most iconic characters of 'Star Wars,' we didn't see their faces but to this day… — Laz Alonso
I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I… — Judy Blume

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