Character Quote by Jonathan Maberry Download Open image “It’s easier to be a character in a story than the star of your own tragedy.” — Jonathan Maberry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Character Story Easier Easier Character Star Tragedy Stars Stories Story Star Tragedy
A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's. — Chris Brogan Copy Share Image
This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life; we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it when we… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I think that ultimately any effective drama or tragedy tries to put you as much as it can into the protagonist's shoes. — Nicholas Jarecki Copy Share Image
Never settle for being a character in someone else's story when you are meant to be the author of your own. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives. — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
You are not here to sit in the audience for anyone's drama & strife..but to be the star of your own life! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being. — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
“Maybe you should go make that call again. Ask very specifically how much of who's ass needs to be kissed here. I'm pretty sure… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
“Lilah growled low in her throat, grabbed his shirt with both hands, and hauled him toward her. Into a kiss that was fierce and… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
Suddenly all those careful preparations disintegrated as predators far more dangerous than the walking dead proved what all wise killers already knew: that nothing… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
“Suddenly we were in outer space. Aboard a rusty old piece of junk freighter. Far away. And in real trouble.” — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
“The four of them stared at me. Half an hour ago we were strangers and I was beating the crap out of them; now… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
“The word "impossible" used to mean something. It was a line that couldn't be crossed. It was the outer edge of the safe zone.… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
“Boy, there are people who conquered half the world, slaughtered whole populations, wiped cultures off the face of the planet, and you know what… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
“Okay," I said slowly, "but what the hell would you mate a horse with to get a unicorn, because I don't see horses and… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
“There were more of them out there. More walkers. And I was being asked to step up and be... what? Some kind of Captain… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
There are moments that define a person's whole life. Moments in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become balance on a… — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
“Leaving is never easy,” said Tom. “Even when you know you have to go.” — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
UNMARKED is both gorgeous and hideous. A frightening and disturbing tale spun with great beauty. Absolutely riveting. — Jonathan Maberry 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
