Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Green

When I think about [characters], I like to think of them in their relationships to each other. In the same way, I think that's how humans are ultimately defined. We are our relationships to one another. And a lot of what's interesting about us happens in the context of other people.

John Green

But to be perfectly frank, this childish idea that the author of a novel has some special insight into the characters in the novel...it's ridiculous. That novel was composed of scratches on a page, dear. The characters inhabiting it have no life outside of those scratches. What happened to them? They all ceased to exist the moment the novel ended.

Cassandra Clare

There is no cure for fictional character love, but the plus side is that it is an entirely benign disease with no bad side effects.

Cassandra Clare

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

Caroline Leavitt

I just love that feeling of being in another world, of creating characters and watching where they go.

Caroline Leavitt

Writers are magpies, and we collect details about people and we use them for fictional characters.

Kimberly Willis Holt

I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

Kodi Smit-McPhee

I think I've been good at getting into lonely and troubled characters because, not to brag, but I'm the complete opposite in real life.

Kim Edwards

I've always set my stories in places I know well. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters if I'm not worrying about the logistics.

John Burnside

Every time I write a book, I think how I could be doing it better to please people - a nicer book with nicer characters - but I just can't.

Evan Goldberg

I dont fully understand my wifes emotions - and Im supposed to write an excellent female character and unravel the secret of women?

Evan Parker

There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes.

Evan Peters

You've gotta separate yourself from the character. It's hard so it can make its way into your everyday life.

Evan Peters

It's kind of amazing; I don't know anything. It's an interesting way to work where you're living in the moment and making decisions for your character in the moment. You have to go with your gut on everything - try not to over-think things. That tends to make me doubt what I did, but then that's always the case. I'm a worrier. I have to accept that and just be a worrier.

Evan Peters

You can't plan your character arc - you have a vague idea, maybe, but I'm constantly surprised. Sometimes actors in films will play the ending of the movie, or even the middle, and you know where it's going - as an audience member you can read the actor.

Evan Rachel Wood

Who you are as a character is kind of the foundation of everything.

Evan Rachel Wood

The most complicated character I have ever played - she has many, many, many layers that even I'm not fully aware of.

Evan Rachel Wood

I think people are really starting to rebel against that. And I think there's going to be more and more gray areas. Hopefully that means we'll see more stories with characters that could be interchangeable with men.

Evangeline Lilly

I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether she be a heroine or not, can often be the wart on the man.

Eva Amurri

The great thing about acting is that you get to be a lot of different things in one lifetime. You get to explore different personalities and characters.

Eva LaRue

It's tough. We don't have a character-driven show so I think the fans get really frustrated because they don't get to see any consistency in terms of what's happening romantically. We kind of just have to take it with a grain of salt. It shows up where it shows up.

Eva Green

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.

Muriel Spark

Contradictions in human character are one of its most consistent notes ...

Mo Yan

A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.

Ming-Na Wen

I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.

Mindy Kaling

Sometimes I aid into the confusion by having my character's name be my name.

Mindy Kaling

People, you know, had trouble with the character. Mindy is not immediately likeable. She does and says a lot of things that you don't see in, forget female characters, any characters. Like, she says things like, "I'm going to hell because I don't really care about the environment and I love to gossip."

Mindy Kaling

Here's my feeling: For everyone, men and women, it's important to be a feminist. It's important to have female characters. It's wonderful for women to mentor other women, but it's just as important for women to mentor men and vice-versa. In my line of work, having Greg Daniels be such a great mentor to me is fantastic. Finding a writer's assistant, be it a man or a woman, and encouraging them to think with a feminist perspective, is key.

Mindy Kaling

I just have my characters say my controversial opinions and then hide behind them.

Mindy Kaling

It doesn't help for you to name a character's first name be Mindy and then be like, "I'm nothing like the character."

Mike Berry

Strength of body, strength of mind, strength of character, qualities to be admired in any person.

Kurt Masur

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

Kurt Masur

I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.