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Characters Quotes by Anne Lamott
- Just don't pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don't. Stay open to them. It's teatime and all the dolls…
- Plot springs from character... I've always sort of believed that these people inside me- these characters- know who they are and what they're about and…
- Get to know your characters as well as you can let there be something at stake, and then let the chips fall where they may.
- Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let what they say…
- Over and over I feel as if my characters know who they are, and what happens to them, and where they have been and where…
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- I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well… — Alan Ball
- I've always enjoyed watching characters that aren't aware that they're doing anything funny. And I think that inherently makes them funnier. — Steve Carell
- Nothing (at least that can be done by humans) immortalizes anyone. The Fault in Our Stars will hopefully have a long and… — John Green
- I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I… — Henry David Thoreau
- I did private study for about a month, five days a week, six hours a day. I came to understand the character… — Corin Nemec
- Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky