Character Quote by John Ridley

I'll play a happy character, but most characters are driven by a pain or a fear. They are driven by something deep down, and…

— Emory Cohen

There's this sense of excitement because you invent and control the characters. You decide whether they live or die. I find this type of…

— Sidney Sheldon

There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

— Michael Emerson

Just being the first person to bring the character to life is really fun and exciting.

— Robbie Amell

My interest is always to get as deeply as I can into the minds and spirits of the characters and let the readers empathize…

— Adam Haslett

The drive of the story is sort of hinted at the beginning, is Joy and Sadness and those two characters. Especially Joy starting to…

— Pete Docter

I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

— Michael Chabon

“Dwight Swain, the great writing teacher, once said that the secret of excitement is to go deeper into your characters. Create more backstory, more…

— James Scott Bell

It's a strange thing, but you get this click in your brain; the wonderful feeling that the entirety of a character is suddenly available…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.

— Nathan Fillion

“Joy always follows on the heels of pain. If a person escapes a mindset that current events represent an ongoing tragedy, they will encounter…

— Kilroy J. Oldster