Character Quote by Jeff Britting Download Open image “Most of Ayn Rand's major characters are already formed at the start of the stories.” — Jeff Britting ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ayn Rand Character Majors Stories
A lot of writers will take a character at the beginning of a story. And that character will stay the same all the way… — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward. — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward. — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Well, you know, I don't think anyone who writes a television series has a master plan from the beginning, and knows all the character… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
Characters are not created by writers. They pre-exist and have to be found. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“Writers are generally split into two camps: those who carefully outline their stories and know the ending before they begin, and those who refuse… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Who can I marry? Where can I live? What kind of career can I achieve? These are just some of the stories breaking with… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called the work… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
After I write a sequence, I just open the script and then sit at the piano keyboard and "play" the script. (And because I… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I stood at the front of the E train, watching the tunnel ahead, imagining what Anthem would look like on stage. — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
I certainly did my best to bring the story [Anthem] to life in another medium. — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story a further… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
Music and text have several commonalities, and one is meter and rhythm. Both spoken word and music have certain regularities, and they can be… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
The idea for Anthem the play began over twenty years ago. I was assisting in the production of another Ayn Rand work, Ideal. I… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
I think a successful adaptation rises or falls on the work presented. If people need to read the book to understand the play, I… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
If Anthem finds an audience in New York City, my hope would be to see the play transferred to a commercial theatre for an… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this tradition continues… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image