Quotes about character
character imperfection
imperfections create character... Ellen Hopkins
character shells ifs
You build a character, a shell, and if you build it right, something comes to live inside it. Elizabeth Hand
character weather too-much
In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character. Elizabeth Goudge
character our-actions habit
Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts. Elizabeth George
character emotional atmosphere
The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of the crime and, most important, the atmosphere of the English countryside that functions as another character.
character writing stories
Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.
character dark men
I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.
character people shapes
I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.
character plot challenging-the-status-quo
Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.
character creating creative
Creating the characters is the most creative part of the novel except for the language itself. There I am, sitting in front of my computer in right-brain mode, typing the things that come to mind - which become the seeds of plot. It's scary, though, because I always wonder: Is it going to be there this time?
character decision choices
Little choices determine habit; Habit carves and molds character. Which makes the big decisions.
character independent men
God has made us so that we must be mutually dependent. We may ignore our own dependence, or refuse to acknowledge that others depend upon us in more respects than the payment of weekly wages; but the thing must be, nevertheless. Neither you nor any other master can help yourselves. The most proudly independent man depends on those around him for their insensible influence on his character - his life. Elizabeth Gaskell
character self people
I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character.
character order ideas
We all seem to get this idea that, in order to be sacred, we have to make some massive, drastic change of character, that we have to renounce our individuality. To know God, you only need to renounce one thing - your sense of division from God Elizabeth Gilbert
character pleasers
I'm a pleaser. That's my character.
character years perspective
That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.
character vanity different
There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity. Elisabeth Moss
character writing men
I love working with male actors, and I think there's a tendency to write really interesting characters that would work solely alongside men where they would be in a man's world and have to deal with that, and it creates a lot of interesting storylines. For me, it's kind of circumstantial, but I definitely enjoy it.
character choices together
Every film is a crapshoot. It's a mystery when a movie comes together. I've never been able to figure it out. I don't know how I make my choices. The only thing you can do is know there's something about a character that you really want to experience. Elisabeth Shue
character people adults
People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But in the '80s, they got away with some of those too.
character care feels
It's hard to be scared if you don't feel for a character, because you don't care if they die or live. Elisha Cuthbert
character play fascination
I've always wanted to shave my head for a role because I've wanted to play a character who had a shaved head. I don't know what the fascination is.
character unmotivated film
To sit through a film where you're just unmotivated to be interested in a character is probably the worst thing that could ever happen.
character trying female
I guess there's a vulnerability in seeing a female character trying to get out of something really drastic.
character thinking important
I think wardrobe is a really important part of making a movie and developing the character.
character talking littles
I find myself maybe just pushing myself to create characters that are a little outside the box, and if that sort of gets the critics talking, then I can take it.
character want way
[W]hat is always overlooked is that although the poor want to be rich, it does not follow that they either like the rich or that they in any way want to emulate their characters which, in fact, they despise. Both the poor and the rich have always found precisely the same grounds on which to complain about each other. Each feels the other has no manners, is disloyal, corrupt, insensitive - and has never put in an honest day's work in its life. Elaine Dundy
character home heart
In the Confucian tradition is a simple formula that appeals to me deeply: 'If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.' I urge everyone to reflect deeply on these words, as simple as they are profound. Eknath Easwaran
character cat white
Disney World is celebrating its 40th birthday! You can tell the characters are getting old. In addition to Snow White's seven dwarfs, she now has 25 cats. Jimmy Fallon
character depth pot
A small pot boils quick. You can tell much about the depth of one's character by how quickly he 'boils'. Joel Osteen
character differences wealth
Don't be intimidated by power, wealth or station, character alone makes all the difference. Joe Biden
character thinking play
I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious. Joan Cusack
character known
Yes, I love playing cartoony characters. Been known for that. Joan Collins