Character Quote by Eudora Welty

Dialogue's a method of revelation, of course. A few words of dialogue can reveal worlds about a character.

— James Salter

Good dialogue illuminates what people are not saying

— Robert Towne

Dialogue is the ideal means of showing what is between the characters. It crystallizes relationships. It should, ideally, be so effective as to make…

— Elizabeth Bowen

Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide.

— William Monahan

Dialogue in fiction is what characters do to one another.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Dialogue is what a character's willing to share and reveal to another character, and the 90% they aren't willing to share is what I…

— Martin Landau

In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other.

— Diane Johnson

I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal…

— E. O. Wilson

Dialogue is character and character is plot.

— George V

When it comes to thinking about how a character talks, there are literary and language considerations. For actors to be able to differentiate between…

— Mike Leigh

Dialogue is not always the best way to show emotion, to show your thought process, or to reveal yourself, as a character.

— Mike Colter

A person's character is revealed by their speech

— Greek Proverb