Characters who experience great trauma will sometimes create an escape. Votes: 3
Geoffrey S. FletcherCharacters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. Votes: 3
Benjamin DisraeliCharacters are not created by writers. They pre-exist and have to be found. Votes: 3
Elizabeth BowenCharacters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that. Votes: 3
Michael MorpurgoI spend many hours in conversation with wonderful characters from fantastic books. Votes: 1
Patti RobertsLike the 'good' characters in literature, the sane don't have any memorable lines. Votes: 1
Adam Phillips Going SaneThere are 26 characters in the alphabet, and what characters they are! Especially Q. Votes: 1
Jarod KintzNever let your character say "how could it get any worse"....it always does. Votes: 1
Kimi AlexandreWhereas Mirabelle is tall, thin and sad, Vesta is physically and emotionally her opposite. Votes: 1
Sara SheridanHotness is not a redeemable character trait. It's actually not a character trait at all. Votes: 1
Navessa AllenIf you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals. Votes: 1
Don RoffA winner is not someone who wins. It's someone who tries and isn't afraid to lose. Votes: 1
Nusrat SultanaDon't let your ego write checks your character can't cash.another from the world of tweets Votes: 1
Robin GlasserMany of the characters are fools and they're always playing tricks on meand treating me badly. Votes: 1
Jorge Luis BorgesDialogue between two characters, each of them different forms of karate, might be a bit choppy. Votes: 1
Jarod KintzOne of the key secrets of great writing is knowing where to start and when to stop. Votes: 1
Chloe ThurlowThe best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary. Votes: 1
Franklin P. AdamsVery often the characters people respond best to have little parts of reality they can relate to. Votes: 1
Sara SheridanI miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me. Votes: 1
Lian HearnYou can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. Votes: 1
Victoria AbrilYou take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are. Votes: 1
Joss WhedonI'd like my readers to feel they want to follow my characters off the page at the end of the book. Votes: 1
Vanessa CouchmanHang out with successful people and you'll acquiresuccess characters Votes: 0
Aniekee Tochukwu EzekielScience is a collection of stories, linking characters worthy of notice. Votes: 0
John Charles PolanyiStorylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories. Votes: 0
Chelsea Quinn YarbroImpassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it. Votes: 0
Sophie SwetchineMy favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies. Votes: 0
Christopher WalkenNever argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do Votes: 0
Laurell K. HamiltonI do feel more towards certain characters who have depth and intelligence. Votes: 0
Allison ScagliottiI mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career. Votes: 0
Charlize TheronWe are masters of our characters and in turn, slaves of their outgrowth. Votes: 0
Mohammed Ali BapirI tend to play characters that arent supposed to black or written black. Votes: 0
Megalyn EchikunwokeWhat stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables. Votes: 0
William Makepeace ThackerayI had no intention of pursuing either the characters or the setting further. Votes: 0
Stephen R. DonaldsonMy films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them. Votes: 0
Lasse HallstromI write because, if I don't, my characters will murder me in my sleep. Votes: 0
Astrid 'Artistikem' CruzThe more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters. Votes: 0
Vincent D'OnofrioI don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are. Votes: 0
Christina RicciIt is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep. Votes: 0
John Jay ChapmanI love playing characters that are strong, when there's physicality involved.
Mary Elizabeth WinsteadTo tell you the truth, I don't ever talk about characters as separate from myself.
Billy Bob ThorntonEvery actress hopes to play a wide range of characters because not often you dont.
Megalyn EchikunwokeIt never occurred to me to write anything that didn't include gay characters in it.
Christopher RiceWomen perform great in the box office. Audiences want to see lead female characters.
Jessica ChastainAny author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do.
Alexander McCall SmithUsually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.
Billy Bob ThorntonIt always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to
Charles FrazierEven respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror.
George WashingtonOften my characters have some kind of idealism or grand belief that they're pursuing.
Joshuah BearmanThere's 54 years of X-Men comics by now, so there are a lot of characters to explore.
Lauren Shuler DonnerIt is the genus that gives the characters, and not the characters that make the genus.
Carl LinnaeusI really wanted our male characters to be a lot stronger. We gave them careers, lives.
Catherine HardwickeIn a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.
Elizabeth MoonCredulity is perhaps a weakness almost inseparable from eminently truthful characters.
Henry Theodore TuckermanI want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand
Kathleen TurnerEvery story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.
Michael ScottWhen I watch medical shows or other shows where characters die, it kind of bums me out.
Alan SepinwallI think there is a wonderful trend of strong female characters on television right now.
Amanda SchullI think I relate to all the characters in one way or another. I'm a chameleon like that
Amber TamblynIt's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play.
Emily VanCampIt's exciting to get to write characters that love each other and fight for each other.
Ilana GlazerThat is the dream of all novelists-that one of their characters will become 'somebody.'
Jose SaramagoI do just love the characters in sci-fi, but not necessarily the fact that it's sci-fi.
Laura VandervoortI think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
Zoe Lister-JonesOnce you're involved in the work, it's really just you and the characters and the words.
Edwidge DanticatYou can't really judge characters, because that's when it gets really hard to play them.
Ellen PompeoIt's strange that ''Evangelion'' has become such a hit - all the characters are so sick!
Hideaki AnnoI like to make definite choices and give my characters as many unique edges as possible.
Keegan Connor TracyThere's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.
Vera FarmigaI don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.
Antonio Banderas... it is always the men we won't allow to make love to us, who take our characters away.
Ellen Buckingham MathewsThe universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
Henry David ThoreauThe characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.
Isaac Bashevis SingerThere are a lot of characters that you can get into that don't exist in the studio world.
Josh HutchersonAs an actor, I've been drawn to those characters that are further away from who I may be.
Kurt SutterHis characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.
Marisha PesslI've been inspired by dreams - I've even stolen scenes or images or characters from them.
Neil GaimanMammootty sir is an idol for me.. His uniqueness in developing characters is quite amazing
Aamir KhanIn "Faithful," Ray Bradbury is discussed a lot. The characters read "The Illustrated Man."
Alice HoffmanI always love to do something different and new and be challenged by different characters.
Emilie de RavinThe most striking characters are sometimes the product of an infinity of little accidents.
Georges DantonI write a book of poems and then the characters won't go away so I write a play from that.
Grace CavalieriSometimes I think that people's characters get forged, at least in part, from their names.
Jeff GoldblumComics are carried by characters. If a character is well-created, the comic becomes a hit.
Kazuo KoikeI like characters that do big things boldly and are driven by intensely personal feelings.
Mark PellegrinoI want to be inspired by the characters that I play and excited by the projects that I do.
Mary Elizabeth WinsteadThe novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters.
Milan KunderaI certainly have played a lot of strong characters, and I love playing a strong character.
Peter JacobsonI've always wanted to be an actor that explores different genres and different characters.
Rose McIverI like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.
Saoirse RonanI do remember being a fan of the Marvel characters and not liking the DC characters at all.
Alfred MolinaI'm blessed and proud and privileged to have played two wonderful characters on television.
Colin CunninghamWe have audiences that seem to be embracing whether they've heard of the characters or not.
Kevin FeigeI am simply not interested, at this point, in creating narrative scenes between characters.
Lydia DavisWhen I started to allow the characters to go where they wanted to go, I just had to follow.
Paul HaggisI don't want to be known for anything other than the fact that I play characters in movies.
Sophia MylesAll men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
Christian Nestell BoveeNaina is one of the most special films & special characters that I've played in recent times
Deepika PadukoneI like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.
Laurie MetcalfI think everybody likes to play the villain. Theyre always much more interesting characters.
Maria Doyle KennedyIn general, I think my freedom of invention is not limited when I use historical characters.
Mario Vargas LlosaI love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.
Monica KeenaI like playing misfits, I like playing oddballs, I like playing characters with rough edges.
Rainn WilsonMusic so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.
Robert FrippThe Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.
Arthur SchopenhauerI think I was always interested in darker characters just because there was a lot more to do.
Brady CorbetI don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.
Drew GoddardThe characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty
Dylan MoranFor example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.
Frank BrunoIf we show fictional characters doing cool stuff, then girls will want to be it in real life.
Geena DavisI want the chance to play very different characters, and I've always wanted to do more films.
Joanne FroggattI am constantly getting letters from inconsistancies in the back stories of these characters.
Joe MurrayA lot of characters now on TV have moved into being anti-heroes, but I wanted to be the hero.
Kieran BewI have trouble describing characters because there is just too much going on in human beings.
Lisa KudrowIt's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.
Marc WebbHindered characters / seldom have mothers / in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers.
Marianne MooreIt's dialogue that gives your cast their voices, and is crucial in defining their characters.
Stephen KingSympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.
Steve EarleThe reader can't take much for granted in a fiction where the scenery can eat the characters.
Ursula K. Le GuinOrganization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
William JamesI've always said, I prefer the opera to the soap - those extreme characters and circumstances.
Anthony GearyA fiction writer is never entirely alone. Her characters are constantly whispering in her ear.
Cinda Williams ChimaAnd well historically it's never been a good thing to compare yourself to biblical characters.
Daniel RadcliffeIt is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same.
Donald MillerI create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
Hayao MiyazakiI like to play unpredictable characters, and I like to be unpredictable in what movie I'll do.
Jeremy RennerI think love is a great catalyst for many characters to further the story or their own growth.
Keri RussellWhen you get into individual characters certainly there's been things that have been updated .
Kevin FeigeOld characters never die, but I do need to take a break from them in order to create new ones.
Lurlene McDanielThere are lots of unlikable characters in literature. It doesn't mean they're not fascinating.
Lynne TillmanWe give you characters we'd feel very comfortable judging, and then go: 'Oh yeah? Watch this'.
Paul HaggisWhenever I do a movie I always like to base my character off of a couple different characters.
The MizI write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.
Aziz AnsariI believe in books. I believe more in cross-media - how characters are adapting across mediums.
Bing GordonI think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them
Edward James OlmosIf there is a connection between Harry Potter and my new novel, it's my interest in characters.
J. K. RowlingThere are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.
Jean CocteauNothing on earth in fiction is less interesting than characters under the influence of alcohol.
John L'HeureuxI've gotten to play some pretty intense characters and I tend to think it's therapeutic for me.
Leonardo DiCaprioI discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.
Morris GleitzmanI think that if you just write your characters you end up with something that people can access.
Ayana MathisPlaying normal-looking characters really intimidatesme. I got into acting to play anyone but me.
Billy Bob ThorntonI find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.
Charles de LintAs far as I'm concerned, the most important thing you need when inventing characters is empathy.
Elizabeth BergI'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.
Jami AttenbergMy characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.
Jeanette WintersonYou have to make sure you have the characters you want. That's really the most complicated part.
Joan DidionMy characters tend to be people who are looking back on a life lived, their joys, their regrets.
Peter OrnerI try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
Terry McMillanSusan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut.
Tom BarbashI've always enjoyed playing a little left of center characters. Otherwise I'd be on a soap opera.
Bruce CampbellI project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.
Paul AusterThe writer can only explore the inner space of his characters by perceptively navigating his own.
Peter De VriesThe characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.
Sam MendesVery often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.
Sara SheridanEveryone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun.
Shelley Longfor the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author ...
Sylvia Townsend WarnerAt 50 I find there is a long line of characters and shapes demanding words just outside my window.
Carlos FuentesThe story line, the comparisons to this show and the Bible Ends after the names of the characters.
George JacksonAs an actor, I have to watch people and observe their behaviors - this is how I create characters.
Josh McDermittOur weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonIn terms of scope, and in terms of sheer number of characters, we went beyond our limits long ago,
Masahiro SakuraiI'm always playing these mendacious characters who end up hoisting themselves by their own petard.
Maxwell CaulfieldThe writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.
Stephen KingI sometimes lose interest in the characters and get much more interested in the trees and animals.
Toni MorrisonI loved the Romeo and Juliet of the whole thing; this forbidden love between these two characters.
Tyler HoechlinI'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer
Alison LohmanNone of the characters I`ve played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn`t be acting.
Anna PaquinA lot of the characters I play are very naive, and I don't think I'm like that. And I'm not stupid!
Ashton KutcherI try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.
Donnie WahlbergThe best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.
Franklin P. AdamsAffliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.
Hannah MoreCharacters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
Harper LeeI'm very, very attracted to morally ambiguous characters, not just pure bad guys or pure good guys.
Jonah HillThe best shows are always the ones that are very, very low-concept and just about great characters.
Michael SchurCharacters can be mysterious and you're not really sure which way they might turn at a given point.
Michael ZaslowI do like characters that have flaws, some sort of pathos to them that they are trying to sort out.
Nicolas CageTo say that Agatha Christie's characters are cardboard cut-outs is an insult to cardboard cut-outs.
Ruth RendellEvery person has contributed to me as a human, but a lot of the characters I do are ones I created.
Tracy MorganIF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA.
David MametAt the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work.
Hiro MuraiI begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.
James EllroyCultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives.
Jeane KirkpatrickI'm really lucky because my goal, as an actor, is to disappear into the characters that I'm playing.
Jessica ChastainOne of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.
Kevin McKiddChildren pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully
Mason CooleyUnlike novel characters, comic book characters last an eternity. When a character is changed beyond recognition, there's no longer the merchandising aspect. Votes: 7 Grant Morrison
I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally. Votes: 1 Bil Keane
A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them. Votes: 3 Cornelia Funke
Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people. Votes: 4 Cornelia Funke
I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they're in the screen. Votes: 3 Keenen Ivory Wayans
I wake up and play a different person every day. Playing all these different characters and trying to figure out who your true authentic self is at the core of that as you're playing all these different roles, and man, that self-awareness starts to come into effect. And you start to see who you really are. Votes: 2 Eliza Dushku
What we try to do at Disney and through Disney character voices is really maintain the integrity of our classic characters at all costs. So Ariel needs to be me for every project, and if there are any other Ariels floating around out there, it's not necessarily Disney. Votes: 2 Jodi Benson
My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies. Votes: 4 Christopher Walken
I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just weren't characters I looked up to and identified with. Votes: 2 Angelina Jolie
I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now. Votes: 1 Tara Strong
In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself. Votes: 5 Mika
I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Robin Hood.' Votes: 3 Jonathan Jackson
I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey. Votes: 2 Alan Rickman
Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfortable in my pages Votes: 2 Isabel Allende
Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period. Votes: 2 Josh Hutcherson
I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies. Votes: 3 Illeana Douglas
I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character. Votes: 2 Kelsey Grammer
I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of time is almost as central to the novel as a major minor character, the passage of time and its effect on the characters in the story. Votes: 2 John Irving
I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface. Votes: 1 David O. Russell
I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely. Votes: 3 Jim Jarmusch
Alas, two men are often necessary to provide a woman with a perfect lover, just as in literature a writer composes a type only by employing the singularities of several similar characters. Votes: 3 Honore de Balzac
I don't try and write strong female characters or strong male characters, I just try and write, hopefully, strong characters and sometimes they happen to be female. Votes: 3 J. J. Abrams