Main Character Quotes

40 quotes by 36 authors

[At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan railroads, and steam-engines, and electric… — Charles Kingsley
Everybody is a main character to someone — Amy Harmon
Never open your story with a character thinking, I advise my students. As a further precaution, donâ€™t put a character in a room alone â€“… — Les Standiford
I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't… — Brad Thor
Yes, I do feel the world revolves around me. After all, I am the main character of my own life. — Stefanie Schneider
It is only in romances that people undergo a sudden metamorphosis. In real life, even after the most terrible experiences, the main character remains exactly… — Isadora Duncan
The main character and the most important character are not always the same person - you have to know the difference. — John Irving
There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person. — Elizabeth Moon
Whenever people say they didn't like the main character of a book, they mean they didn't like the book. The main character has to be… — Melissa Bank
I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I was always performing… — Natasha Calis
It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain… — Rachel Kushner
I should love to do a novel, about one abnormal character seeing present-day life, very ordinary life, yet arresting through it, abnormality, until at the… — Patricia Highsmith
When I'm following what a character does in a book I don't have to think about my own life. Where I am. Why I'm here.… — Matt de la Pena
As a hero, you have to play it straight. The audience is going to live through you, so you have to be more neutral. They… — Dolph Lundgren
The acting style that has emerged from HD, because of the contrast and how sharp the picture is, it's more neutrally played. The main character… — Dolph Lundgren
I basically drew my own family. My father's name is Homer. My mother's name is Margaret. I have a sister Lisa and another sister Maggie,… — Matt Groening
I'll tell you what I really enjoy. We all go to the movies, we all watch television, we know what they're about, how they work.… — Nathan Fillion
My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still… — Mayer Hawthorne
The same way that you are the main character of your story, you are only a secondary character in everybody else's story. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you read 'The Four… — Miguel Angel Ruiz

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