Character Quote by Jeremy Corbyn

I admire Charles Dickens, mostly for the texture of his writing and the colourful characters he created. His work gives us, I think, a…

— David Essex

I read all the time so it's difficult to say who my all-time favourites are. One is George Orwell, because he makes political writing…

— Melvin Burgess

What are the characters that I discern most clearly in the so-called Anglo-Saxon type of man? I may answer at once that two stickout…

— H. L. Mencken

Charles Dickens is a lot of fun to read but it's not obscure, and that's just fine.

— Robert Eggers

After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.

— Claire Tomalin

Some of the most interesting characters in literature and in movies and TV have been ones that you can't quite figure out all the…

— Michael McKean

I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.

— Tony Kushner

I was into Virginia Woolf and James Joyce [at university] and I think we all thought that [Charles] Dickens wasn't that cool.

— Felicity Jones

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

— Kevin McCloud

I like stories in specific time periods. 'The Revenant's' era of American history was fascinating because it was this lawless no-man's land. It defined…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.

— Nathaniel Philbrick

The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could…

— Carlisle Floyd