Character Quote by Thomas Steinbeck Download Open image “Plot makes the character just as history makes the man.” — Thomas Steinbeck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character He man History Just Makes Man Men Plot
The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists me in… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the Chinese. This goes a long way back to my childhood. The Chinese invented money, movable type, clocks, and… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I thought my dad was out of work, because my friends had fathers with briefcases who'd go off somewhere with bow ties on. But… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
My only job is to write in such a way that the reader gets a new handle on humanity. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, my father gave me a first edition copy of Ray Bradbury's magnificent work, 'The Martian Chronicles.' I had read other… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I would hardly say that I have a rich knowledge of anything in particular, but I do seem to be burdened with an unseemly… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I like writing, but I write for self-improvement more than I do for money. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I started writing serious books so late because I knew Id be accused of riding on my fathers coattails. — Thomas Steinbeck 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
