Protagonists Quotes

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The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them. — Jean-Michel Basquiat
I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists. — Sandra Cisneros
In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays. — Diablo Cody
Ostwald was a great protagonist and an inspiring teacher. He had the gift of saying the right thing in the right way. When we consider… — Wilder Dwight Bancroft
This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would interpose the Government… — Strom Thurmond
The idea in The Man that Would Be King was that the music should recreate all that majestic surrounding and emphasize the adventure, but also… — Maurice Jarre
It seems to me that most good protagonists are both clever and resourceful. They are intelligent and can fix things, both little and big. They… — Keren Woodward
Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction to the protagonist. — David Mamet
I started writing novels while an undergraduate student, in an attempt to make sense of the city of Edinburgh, using a detective as my protagonist.… — Ian Rankin
ClichÃ© openings in fantasy can include an opening scene set in a battle (and my peeve is that I donâ€™t know any of the characters… — Kristin Nelson
I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them. — Laura Dern
Mindi Scott has a real talent for getting inside her protagonist's head. She sketches out Coley's story in grand swathes, and then paints in all… — Amber Benson
I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist. — David McCullough
Eva is a story ofÂ repetition. It is a story where our protagonist faces the same situation many times over and determinedly picks himself back… — Hideaki Anno
Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of… — Brendan Gleeson
Treefingers is important, it's the point in which our protagonist crosses the icy tundra that is how to disappear completely to reach the island of… — Thom Yorke
The novel form is about the protagonist's struggle to transform his arbitrary, fragmented, given experience into a narrative as meaningful as his favorite books. — Elif Batuman
When I first began writing In the Country of Men all I had was the voice of the protagonist. He intrigued me and my desire… — Hisham Matar
Dreams have consequences. There is no turning back. A revolution is not a painless march to the gates of freedom and justice. It is a… — Hisham Matar
Open Secret boasts a nifty plot and, in Coroner Fortin, a fascinating protagonist who will likely be around for a long time. Deryn Collier is… — Giles Blunt

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