Character Quote by John Dufresne

Southern writing is regional: it includes dialect, settings, and cultural traditions from that region. However the themes and story conflicts are universal. My challenge…

— Mary Alice Monroe

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

— Wally Lamb

A different script calls for different things. It always takes me a long time to get to know the part, and know the logic…

— Sally Hawkins

All the things that live within you find their place, in character and story, once you tap into that other space that is the…

— Francesca Gregorini

Rules cannot take the place of character.

— Alan Greenspan

I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character,…

— George R. R. Martin

Because I came to acting quite late, I kind of think one of the few attributes that I do have is that I try…

— Liam Cunningham

Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a…

— Fannie Flagg

“An author is similar to an actor. They play many characters in their lives—photographer, nurse, dancer, doctor, writer, etc. As an author, you have…

— Mischa Temaul

The voice is always the starting place for me with a character.

— Rebecca Hall

While I'm acting I'm focused on what I'm trying to say through the character. And when I'm writing, I'm just putting down on paper…

— Meital Dohan

As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try…

— Omari Hardwick