4023 Character Quotes for You to Enjoy

The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. I'm caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points. Iris Johansen

There's nothing more liberating about starting with something that is not written. You pretty much create the history of that character and that character's life story. IronE Singleton

Life Character History You Nothing Liberating Pretty About Something More Life Story Written The History Of Story Create Much Starting

Sometimes when you're playing a very intense character, a disturbed character, you find other layers. That's much more interesting to me, rather than just playing 'intense.' I find it too boring. Irrfan Khan

Character Me You Sometimes Too Other Find Boring Disturbed Rather More Layers Very Than Intense Just Interesting Much Playing

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are. Irvine Welsh

Myself Character You Book People First Think Way See Writer Know First Thing Go The First Thing Just Help Thing

In the biographical novel, there's only one person involved. I, the author, spend two to five years becoming the main character. I do that so by the time you get to the bottom of Page 2 or 3, you forget your name, where you live, your profession and the year it is. You become the main character of the book. You live the book. Irving Stone

Time Character You Book Become Year Live Spend Only Main Main Character Bottom Name Involved Becoming Years Five Author Person Forget Get Where Page Your Profession Novel Two By The Time

The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. Isaac Bashevis Singer

Character Entertainment Analysis Highest Human

Kids are my favorite because they're so pure. They're really mean sometimes because they're super honest, but I trust them as a good judge of character. And they're always so nice to me, so I feel really awesome. Isabela Moner

Good Character Me Trust Judge Sometimes Pure Nice Awesome Kids Favorite Super Feel Because Always Mean Them Really Honest

I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anatomy.' Isaiah Washington

Character Say Anatomy Guy Proud Grey Greys Anatomy Dr Playing

My acting style changes according to the way a character is imagined. Ishaan Khatter

Character Style Changes Way According Acting Imagined

'Must Feed and Water' is a love story told from the point of view of 'Love' as a character. Italia Ricci

Love Character Water Love Story Must Point Point Of View Feed Story View

I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it. J. August Richards

Best Character Example Thrive Say Supposed Always Create Much

Everything I've ever learned about acting - and I went to theater school - was about playing what the character wants and throwing yourself fully into going after what the character wants. J. August Richards

Character Yourself School Everything About Throwing Learned Going After Wants Theater Acting Fully Ever Playing

I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character. J. C. Watts

Character Christianity Conservatism Defined Embrace Blackness Make Pigeonholed Make Up Up Any Just Want Many Elements

Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets. J. Courtney Sullivan

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Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day. J. D. Hayworth

Day Character Fool Every Day People World Black Made Giving Every Eye Entire Entire World Chavez Put Unstable Himself Real Losers Up Front While Who Compete

While faith need not be monolithic - it can motivate both voting behavior and character development - focus matters. A Christianity constantly looking for political answers to moral and spiritual problems gives believers an excuse to blame other people when they should be looking in the mirror. J. D. Vance

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I would like to find, or I would like a part to come to me that is like the part that Dennis Franz was fortunate to be able to play on 'NYPD Blue,' a sort of similar-looking actor to me, a generic, bald white guy who you would often think of as playing the authority figure. But he was the disgruntled middle-man. That would be a fun character. J. K. Simmons

Character Me You White Think Would Would-Be Find Able Guy He Part Generic Come Like Sort Bald Authority Blue Often Disgruntled Fortunate Figure Who Fun Actor NYPD Play Playing

Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts. J. L. Austin

Character General Ritual Conventional Which Heir Ceremonial Ill Acts

When writers don't know what to do with a character, they build up the supporting cast and universe to kind of hide that fact. After a while, you can no longer see the character for the underbrush. When that happens, you need to bring out the weed-whacker to clear some of that away so you can focus on the main character. J. Michael Straczynski

Character You Hide Focus Build Universe Out Kind See Some Cast Fact Writers Main Main Character Clear Supporting Longer Know Up After Happens While Away Bring Need

I can easily come up with ten really iconic stories/trade paperbacks for Superman, Batman, others... name me ten equally big, iconic Wonder Woman stories. Much harder. That ain't the character's fault, that isn't sexism, that's just not servicing the character. J. Michael Straczynski

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Actors need to learn when their character is front and center and when it's more in the background. J. Smith-Cameron

Character Background More Learn Front Center Actor Need

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