Characters Quotes

In real life, people are integrated into society. That's what happens in my books as well. Minor characters don't just walk in and spout lines, they interact and have an effect on the events. It's not an isolated universe. Stieg Larsson
Life People Events Walk Real Life Society Universe Books Characters Minor Well Isolated Real Integrated Lines Effect Just Interact Happens
For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They're doing it for themselves. Terry Pratchett
You Nice Right Thing Characters Constantly Only Know Doing Up Author Wondering Want The Right Thing Screwed Screwed-Up Themselves Much Fun Right Thing
I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally. Bil Keane
Think Panel Strip Characters Cartoon Cartoon Characters Cross Over Occasionally Another Novelty
And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous. Brian De Palma
Dangerous Characters Sexy About Had Idea Like Because Always Making Femme Femme Fatale Lot Movie Movies Manipulative Fun
But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind. Buffalo Bill
Loneliness Strong Old Mind Tremendous Battles Characters Never Stern West Times Blotted
I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold. Dan Brown
Christmas Morning Care Face Every Seven Sold Books Characters Week Blank Write Blank Page Days How Still Up Get Really Page Many Including
There's no such thing as a perfect person, so it makes no sense to write a perfect person. I don't know any author who'd try. And we write characters, not representations of groups. David Levithan
Try Sense Characters Perfect No Sense Write Perfect Person Know Makes Author Person Any Groups Thing
I am looking for strong characters rather than being just a pretty girl. Actresses can do so much more than looking good. Disha Patani
Good Strong Girl Pretty Girl Looking Characters Pretty Rather More Looking Good Am Than Just Being Much Actress
I don't think I'm an actor who takes their characters home with him. But I certainly do take the preparation home. Donald Sutherland
Home Preparation Think Characters Take Takes Him Certainly Who Actor
I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments. Dr. Seuss
Try Situation Back Drawing Out Characters Involve Most Go End In The End Cut Themselves Then Eventually Start
The old age of lower mammals presents characters similar to those found in man. Elie Metchnikoff
Man Age Old Old Age Those Characters Similar Mammals Lower Found Presents
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. Euripides
Wealth Our Characters Stays Steadfast Only Gold Little Us Moment
For me, acting is like a therapy. I can express myself fully when I am acting and have blood in my veins. Even when I'm not working, I'm always living in my own world, imagining characters. Eva Green
Myself Me World Own Living Characters My Own Veins Like Always Am Blood Working Acting Therapy Fully Even Express Imagining
I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant. Garry Trudeau
Try Relevant Characters Only Readers Still Up Decide Whether Interesting Keep
I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud. Gary Oldman
Silence Enjoy Characters Loud Where Playing
Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die. George R. R. Martin
Time Me You Nothing Live Difficult Books Out Characters Exactly Bores More Come Know Read How Surprise Than Die Going Where Want Turns Pages Twists Two Difficult Time
Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it. Hugh Jackman
You Yourself Emotions Sometimes Duty Characters Within Go Want Story Places Storyteller
All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us. Immanuel Kant
Thought Other Relate Way Characters Must Object Given Directly Indirectly Because Ultimately Sensibility Us Certain Therefore
Usually, characters that are doing something nefarious have some extra layers to them. The general rule is bad people don't necessarily think they are bad. Jason Alexander
People Bad People Think Extra Rule Characters Bad Some Something General General Rule Layers Doing Them Necessarily
Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor. Jean-Paul Sartre
Sex Endeavor Other Characters Neither Complimentary Some Highest Without Fertilization Human Capable
I sometimes wonder if the inability to find oneself makes one seek oneself in other people, in characters. John Cazale
People Sometimes Other Characters Find Seek Oneself Makes Wonder Inability
I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and thoughts and yearnings and hurts and misgivings and pleasures that don't belong to me. Jonathan Evison
Me Thoughts Business People Hurts Meddling Pleasures Destinies Characters Real Yearnings Yes Histories Real People Belong
My agent and I try to be picky with roles so that I can drive my career in different directions and be different, creative characters. I want to be an actor for the rest of my life and to have fun with my career. So I told him that I wish I could do a movie that already has a fan base. And then 'Twilight' came along! Kellan Lutz
Life Creative Have Fun Try Rest My Life Drive Wish Characters Be Different Directions Could Picky Along Him Came Roles Different Want Movie Fan Fan Base Different Directions Agent Then Fun Base Actor Twilight Career
People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story. Len Wein
Good People Looking Characters More Sacrificed Looking Good Concerned Readers Sake Were Story Themselves Then Who Series
You'd think true masculinity was just calm and collected happiness. So alpha male that it needs not or worries not. But typically masculine characters are always fighting, and most violence comes from some agitated level of fear and anxiety. Liev Schreiber
Happiness Needs You Anxiety Fear Calm Fighting Think Worries Characters Collected Some Masculine Masculinity True Most Alpha Always Male Just Level Violence
I've always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on. Magda Apanowicz
Before Move On Think Teen Say Characters About Angst Through Had Always Lot Up Move Growing Growing Up Thing Enjoyed
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