Your Characters Quotes

65 quotes by 57 authors

You have to play your characters, not like them. — John Malkovich
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
You get so caught up in what you're writing - action sequences tend to do that more than anything else because you're living it, and… — Iain Banks
Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again… — Joseph Barbera
A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter. — David Benioff
Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them. — Alan Furst
I think you always need to be able to relate to your characters, but that doesn't necessarily mean...you have to understand why they do what… — Natalie Portman
The nature of acting is that one is many characters and jumps from one skin to another as a way of life. Sometimes it's hard… — Anjelica Huston
So much of movie acting is in the lighting. And in loving your characters. I try to know them, and with that intimacy comes love.… — Ralph Fiennes
Start as early as you can. Make tapes of your characters. — Tara Strong
If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and what… — Felicia Day
The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either. — Judy Blume
Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. — Ray Bradbury
Respect your characters, even the Âminor ones. In art, as in life, everyone is the hero of their own particular story; it is worth thinking… — Sarah Waters
If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals. — Don Roff
If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing… — Don Roff
As an actor, you get to sort of bounce back and forth in terms of the age range you play and the life experience that… — Jonathan Keltz
When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture,… — Leslie Cockburn
When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise… — Hallie Ephron
You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny. — Julian Fellowes

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