Characters Quotes

Small: I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, w
"I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really"
Tennessee Williams, Dramatist
Small: I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there i
R. L. Stine
"I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block"
R. L. Stine, Writer
Small: I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back a
Dr. Seuss
"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, Writer
Small: SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a pr
Jerry B. Jenkins
"SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a process of discovery. Like working without a net"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
Small: People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages
Jerry B. Jenkins
"People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
Small: In the prequel were going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the book would end with the rap
Jerry B. Jenkins
"In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the book would end with the rapture instead of start with the rapture like the first one did"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
Small: I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios
Jerry B. Jenkins
"I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
Small: Now, all the movies are for teenagers. Its very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful charac
Monica Bellucci
"Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play"
Monica Bellucci, Actress
Small: All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fabl
"All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable"
Walt Disney, Cartoonist
Small: We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbe
"We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us"
Walt Disney, Cartoonist
Small: I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities
"I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities"
Walt Disney, Cartoonist
Small: When writing a novel a writer should create living people people not characters. A character is a caricature
Ernest Hemingway
"When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature"
Ernest Hemingway, Novelist
Small: The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in
William James
"The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way"
William James, Philosopher
Small: I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and
"I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive"
Donna Tartt, Novelist
Small: For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they hav
E. M. Forster
"For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better"
E. M. Forster, Novelist
Small: I dont think Im like any of the characters Ive played - theyre all really far from who I am
Christian Bale
"I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am"
Christian Bale, Actor
Small: We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne
Christian Bale
"We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and how he came to be the person that he was and how he comes to be this man that jumps around in the Bat suit"
Christian Bale, Actor
Small: I want people to like me. They dont have to always like my characters, you understand
"I want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand"
Kathleen Turner, Actress
Small: I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the
"I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the characters who have died in the other games. 'Hey, man, what are you playing?' 'Super Busy Hospital. Could you leave me alone? I'm performing surgery! This guy got shot in the head, like, 27 times!'"
Demetri Martin, Comedian
Small: Ive always had difficulties with female characters
John Le Carre
"I've always had difficulties with female characters"
John Le Carre, Author
Small: I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past,
"I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it"
Vladimir Nabokov, Novelist
Small: No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has
"No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has"
Vladimir Nabokov, Novelist
Small: Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters
"Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters"
Will Arnett, Actor
Small: Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the t
"Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we've done that before"
Matt Groening, Cartoonist
Small: Ive sort of dealt with the characters lives more particularly the women characters
"I've sort of dealt with the characters' lives more; particularly the women characters"
Gilbert Hernandez, Artist
Small: I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, thats so beau
"I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Small: If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be
Jason Statham
"If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors"
Jason Statham, Actor
Small: Its a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. Weve got this huge cast of
"It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more"
Matt Groening, Cartoonist
Small: Im happy being myself, which Ive never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself thro
Angelina Jolie
"I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine"
Angelina Jolie, Actress
Small: But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of l
Buffalo Bill
"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, Celebrity
Small: I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has
Angelina Jolie
"I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing"
Angelina Jolie, Actress
Small: If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex
Norman MacCaig
"If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex"
Norman MacCaig, Poet
Small: Take the hardcore gamers. The characters are way more real in the world of hardcore gamers who have played the
"Take the hardcore gamers. The characters are way more real in the world of hardcore gamers who have played the game for hundreds of hours. They have the movie in their heads, they've built it on their own. These guys are always very disappointed in the movies"
Uwe Boll, Director
Small: I admire the world of the books and the characters that shes created, but Im not an addict of Harry Potter. I
"I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it"
Ralph Fiennes, Actor
Small: Characters can be mysterious and youre not really sure which way they might turn at a given point
"Characters can be mysterious and you're not really sure which way they might turn at a given point"
Michael Zaslow, Actor
Small: I was always inventing characters and making up stories
Suzanne Vega
"I was always inventing characters and making up stories"
Suzanne Vega, Musician
Small: I always find stuff in my characters to relate to
"I always find stuff in my characters to relate to"
Gerard Butler, Actor
Small: Im a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent its
"I'm a big believer in the notion that our greatest potential lies in our darkest parts. To a certain extent it's only in facing those parts of ourselves that we can truly grow, and I think that's true of all of the characters I've played, certainly in the past few years"
Zachary Quinto, Actor
Small: I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they dont necessarily have to b
"I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don't necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human"
Clive Owen, Actor
Small: From Ernest Hemingways stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters
"From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters"
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist