Characters Quote by Marie Lu Download Open image “What can I say: I'm a writer - I enjoy forcing pain and suffering on my characters!” — Marie Lu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Characters Enjoy Forcing Pain Pain and suffering Say Suffering Writer Writing
My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing. — Laura Z. Hobson Copy Share Image
“Who hurts the most? In the world you have invented, who suffers the most? Chances are that it is among the characters who are… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
Like most writers I spend a lot of my time sort of thinking, "It's such agony, I can't do it." — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“Realize that by hurting your own characters, you are not a sadist. You are not deliberately hurting your loved ones merely to watch them… — James Chartrand Copy Share Image
I love writing but it's a real pain. It's a miserable process - very satisfying but very miserable. — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
I can write about pain without experiencing pain, which I am thankful for. — Ruston Kelly Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about writing is you can take essentially painful things in your life and turn them into something that might… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
I have felt the pain that arises from a recognition of beauty, pain we hold when we remember what we are connected to and… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Lyrically I write based on my past experiences or things I wish to experience. Pain inspires me as does joy. — Adam Anderson Copy Share Image
My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“When you refuse to ask for help, it tells others that they also shouldn't ask for help from you.” — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
You're brilliant,"he says."But you're a fool to stay with someone like me." I close my eyes at the touch of his hand."Then we are… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the great Republic of America, to our Elector Primo, to our glorious states, to unity against the… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“I stand there for a while, then sit cross-legged before it and bow my head. "Hi, Metias," I say in a soft voice. "Today's… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“They’re making me so weak that I’m on the verge of collapsing to the floor. I’ve kissed a few boys in the past . . . but… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
We determine whether a book is for boys or girls long before the reader gets a chance to decide: we package them with soldiers… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
You should have taken me with you," I whisper to him. Then I lean my head against his and begin to cry. In my… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Be true to yourself. But that's something everyone says and no one means. No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
“No, it wasn't the attention he needed. He just wanted to create something and know that it mattered to someone, that he mattered. That… — Marie Lu 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
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
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Since I don't outline my books very much, I feel like sometimes I don't have a choice in what the characters do; they just… — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
I'm truly, 100% guided by the characters and my Muse. If one of the characters suddenly decided to do something very different, I'd just… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
I have played several characters that are crabby and cranky. I don't know if I'm just not a very well-developed human being or if… — Judy Greer Copy Share Image
You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny. — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Being of Indian heritage is a challenge - and it's a blessing as well sometimes - because being good isn't good enough. You have… — Sacha Dhawan Copy Share Image
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating. — Hannah Murray Copy Share Image
