Box Quote by Leila Slimani Download Open image “I like to describe my characters as though they were all trapped in a glass box.” — Leila Slimani ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Box Glass Like Though Trapped
My characters are all "just people" - people you might know - and the things that happen are things that anybody might do if… — Nathan Lowell Copy Share Image
All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they're all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever that is. — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
In the old days, I just could not leave characters alone. Now I just try to keep the ones that still have something in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like characters who have strong facades and then have secrets. They have cracks. — Eva Green Copy Share Image
Usually, people write the characters into a box, and that's just not true to life. — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
Sometimes I like to think that characters you play are all the other people you could've been in a lifetime. — Mia Maestro Copy Share Image
Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind. — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
Whichever character I'm using and wherever I am in my mind dictates what kind of story I'm going to tell. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My characters, I find them as I'm writing. It's quite incredible how fully realized they are in my mind, how many details I know… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music. I know it's weird, and I have no explanation for that. But I never do. — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
All fiction is based on truth - 'Madame Bovary' is based on a true story! — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
I think maternal instinct is a male construct that has been used for centuries to keep women in their place, at home. — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
You want your children to love the nanny, but at the same time, you want to stay the mother, and you want to be… — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
The only way you can know someone is through their actions - you can never know what's going on inside them. — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
Human darkness fascinates me; I find it intriguing. And there are few female characters who are explored in this light. — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
I want to say that I can be Moroccan and speak about someone without speaking about his nationality. Because, you know, I have the… — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
My two sisters and I had a very nice nanny at home in Morocco until I was 13. I remember my parents saying how… — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
As a mother, you're only allowed to talk about the 'good' moments - not the ones when you've had enough and want to be… — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
I had a nanny growing up in Morocco, and my parents encouraged me to put myself in her shoes sometimes. — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
Motherhood is not only something very pure and very full of love, it can be full of dark things, too. — Leila Slimani Copy Share Image
I don't think that 'Just Mohabbat' or 'Tarzan' were a hindrance. 'Tarzan' didn't do well at the box office but I would say the… — Vatsal Sheth Copy Share Image
Our whole thing was that we wanted to challenge ourselves and go out of the box that everyone else was doing, and even what… — B-Real Copy Share Image
A lot of times, my work is looked at very much on the surface. It's very easy to just want to put something in… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't want to do different films. The non-mainstream stuff that I did started to get successful... But for an industry… — Abhay Deol Copy Share Image
I want people to get from 'Pariah' that it's okay to be you and not to check a box as a parent or child. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller - that's my chamber, that's my box. I'm always tryin' to give you the best story from our side of the… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I love finding out why people don't love things. And if you ask people why they don't like things, particularly when they get into… — Stew Copy Share Image
The low point for neon came in 1982, when Holiday Inn did away with its signature 'Great Sign,' replacing the neon extravaganza with a… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I've always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I'd still be drawing the same pictures...… — Les Claypool Copy Share Image
I want to live outside of the box, and I definitely don't want to put God in a box, so I want to be… — Jodi Benson Copy Share Image