About Quote by Dee Rees

Mine is just a simple old human story - of one person trying, with great rigor and discipline, to comprehend her personal relationship with…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The tragic element of a character is always intriguing I think.

— Greg Kinnear

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half,…

— George Saunders

For me, 'The Kite Runner' became about a guy who's emotionally shut down because he hasn't confronted his past.

— Marc Forster

“The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasized, is really a…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

I tend to gravitate toward conflicted characters, and a character who is exploring chaos theory and population control and the difficulties of love and…

— Ed Stoppard

I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles.

— Edward Norton

“A good character in a novel brings out emotions from your past and plants them in front of you - as terrifying as that…

— Conrad Brasso

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

— Len Wein

“As an only child, Cassandra found the well-worn paths of sibling interaction fascinating and horrifying in equal parts.”

— Kate Morton

I'm all about the story. And the stories I remember tend to be the ones of sorrow, or family history, or revelation of the…

— Fiona Bruce

Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life.

— Q'orianka Kilcher