Character Quote by John Irving Download Open image “I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.” — John Irving ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Interest Relationship Relationships Situation
“Understanding character is a vital part of the process of finding a relationship partner and developing a strong and vibrant relationship together.” — Susanne M. Alexander Copy Share Image
I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next. — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
For me, it's all about smaller character-driven pieces, about finding a person that I connect with and that I'm interested in bringing to life. — Laura Harrier Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in relationships between women. I'm always interested in how women relate to each other, whether it's a family relationship or it's… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character. — Jane Haddam Copy Share Image
I'm very emotion-based, I approach character very much from the heart. Building up their heart, their inner world, their imagination, their childhood memories, their… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
I tend not to approach things intellectually at first. Maybe after the fact i can look at it and see ultimately what it's doing.… — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
I write about relationships and I try to create real-life characters. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I often know what my subject is and what my location is. I know my start and my end, and the rest I leave… — Mary McCartney Copy Share Image
I always begin with a character or characters, and then try to think up as much action for them as possible. — John Irving Copy Share Image
I'm generally not a social dramatist or comedy writer. My interests have always been more in psychological stories or personal relations and comic ideas. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from… — John Irving Copy Share Image
… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life. — John Irving Copy Share Image
Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean! — John Irving Copy Share Image
The desire to never leave your side, the desire to never see you again. The desire to see your face asleep on the pillow… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“God, I think I just hit a high E-flat - and I really held it!" Esmeralda said, after one of her more prolonged orgasms,… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia!" Miss Frost cried. "You´re nostalgic!" She repeated. "Just how old are you, William?" She asked. "Seventeen, " I told her. "Seventeen!" Miss Frost… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" [Owen Meany] said… — John Irving Copy Share Image
It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Only the chicken-lover will understand me. He will give me a kindly look, maybe mildly desirous. His eyes will tell me: You might look… — John Irving Copy Share Image
You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone… — John Irving 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
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image