Quotes about Story Characters

I usually grow sick of my short-story characters and think, 'I never want to see you again.' Votes: 3

Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have to make. Votes: 3

My stories are character driven. Votes: 2

A story is built on characters and reasons. Votes: 2

Technique is of less interest than character and story. Votes: 2

I was always inventing characters and making up stories. Votes: 2

The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine. Votes: 2

It was always about the story rather than the character. Votes: 2

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters. Votes: 2

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters. Votes: 2

There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority. Votes: 2

Fans want to see a story with characters, and they want to see a story. Votes: 2

I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character. Votes: 2

Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories. Votes: 2

I love characters songs and I love to fit into a story. I love singing through a character's journey. Votes: 2

I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story. Votes: 2

I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. Votes: 2

A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia. Votes: 2

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot. Votes: 2

The same way that you are the main character of your story, you are only a secondary character in everybody else's story. Votes: 2

I'd say Rob Reiner's 'When Harry Met Sally' is my all-time favorite. It made me realize there's a way of telling a story where the audience is so in love with the characters that they forget you're even telling a story. Votes: 2

All I want is the same opportunities as the filmmakers I grew up admiring. But you know, I've had lots of amazing opportunities to do the movies I wanted to do. If I could write my future, I'd want to keep making character-based films that can make use of my voice as a filmmaker. Votes: 2

As the story unfolded, the cast of characters changed to match it. Votes: 0

Anything with a good story and characters I think would be great. Votes: 0

A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them. Votes: 0

My work is to know the characters intimately and to tell their story. Votes: 0

I love seeing a story evolve over several books and watching characters develop. Votes: 0

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it. Votes: 0

I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music. Votes: 0

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story. Votes: 0

In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters. Votes: 0

But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot. Votes: 0

You and I are characters in God's Story, handmade by Him. Every character serves a purpose. Votes: 0

It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters. Votes: 0

Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward. Votes: 0

Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience. Votes: 0

Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings. Votes: 0

Their situation was becoming ever harder to deny: they were characters in someone's story. This whole world-- Votes: 0

I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces. Votes: 0

Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires. Votes: 0

The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story Votes: 0

I don't think you can teach someone how to come up with good characters or a story. Votes: 0

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges. Votes: 0

The story line, the comparisons to this show and the Bible Ends after the names of the characters. Votes: 0

When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age. Votes: 0

It's a real challenge to complete a story arc and end up with a cool punchline in 120 characters. Votes: 0

I think love is a great catalyst for many characters to further the story or their own growth. Votes: 0

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either. Votes: 0

The Hobbit' didn't include female characters at all and was a very linear story, a book for children, really. Votes: 0

I didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17. Votes: 0

And almost always there has to be change, change in the characters is the journey - it's the story. Votes: 0

For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand. Votes: 0

In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists. Votes: 0

I believe in storytelling, not story-selling. I want people to believe the characters are real. So I'm a realist. Votes: 0

The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined. Votes: 0

Anne DeGrace is a gifted story teller and Far From Home contains some of her most intriguing characters. Thoroughly enjoyable. Votes: 0

The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures. Votes: 0

As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues. Votes: 0

Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens. Votes: 0

You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters. Votes: 0

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense. Votes: 0

Often I'll find clues to where the story might go by figuring out where the characters would rather not go. Votes: 0

We have to give our poor, innocent, and undeserving-of-our-badness characters trouble in order to make them characters in a story. Votes: 0

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it's the story that matters. Votes: 0

When you have love in a story, it gives you the freedom to really take the characters to very interesting places. Votes: 0

Poignant, earthy, intensely human, Letters From A Stranger is a love story that is as unusual and courageous as its characters. Votes: 0

My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell. Votes: 0

Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. Votes: 0

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong. Votes: 0

I am a tremendous 'Star Wars' fan; I know the story means an enormous love to me. I love the characters. Votes: 0

I think I technically learned some things, hopefully. But I go to the movies for characters and story and a berserk vision. Votes: 0

You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow. Votes: 0

Any jokes I make I try to make sure it's on story and helps the characters and makes sense with the movie. Votes: 0

Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world. Votes: 0

In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. Votes: 0

I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward. Votes: 0

I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next. Votes: 0

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion. Votes: 0

It's important to find characters that share sympathy with a young audience, not just in the story but their role in the world. Votes: 0

I put my heart and soul into my book - great story and awesome characters... yet people are trying to pull me down. Votes: 0

I've managed to include only enough historical detail to give the "flavor" of the time period while keeping the characters and story focal. Votes: 0

Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key. Votes: 0

Women don't question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a female narrative. Votes: 0

As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers. Votes: 0

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story. Votes: 0

You can have the greatest characters in the world and write beautifully, but if nothing's happening, the story falls on its face pretty quickly. Votes: 0

I care more about making sure the story is correct and the characters are behaving in character than I do about the individual jokes. Votes: 0

If a movie has more characters than an audience can keep track of, the audience will get confused and lose interest in the story. Votes: 0

Actors want to work. Give them characters they want to play, or a story they want to tell, and hopefully the budget will follow. Votes: 0

I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that. Votes: 0

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters. Votes: 0

I think I do pretty well with child characters. It's hard to write kids that are realistic, not annoying, and bring something to the story. Votes: 0

The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be. Votes: 0

It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters. Votes: 0

There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters. Votes: 0

When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I've got. Votes: 0

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know. Votes: 0

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring Votes: 0

We start with strong characters and build the movie from there. That not to say we don't struggle with story - that's the most challenging part. Votes: 0

Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's mind. Votes: 0

My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on. Votes: 0

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring. Votes: 0

In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium. Votes: 0

The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes. Votes: 0

The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes. Votes: 0

Television provides the opportunity for an ongoing story - the opportunity to meld the cast and the characters and a world, and to spend more time there. Votes: 0

You can't write a sory until you've felt. Breathe it in. Walked with your characters. Talked with them. That's why you come here. To live your story. Votes: 0

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too hard to follow. Votes: 0

I start with a tingle, a kind of feeling of the story I will write. Then come the characters, and they take over, they make the story. Votes: 0

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately. Votes: 0

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned. Votes: 0

Discover everything about your characters that you can before you write your story. If you get stuck at any point, they will write your dialog for you. Votes: 0

I don't really mess with Instagram much, but I get why people love it. Because to me, it's better to tell a story through a picture than 140 characters. Votes: 0

It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want. Votes: 0

A first-person voice helps to ensure the uniformity and cohesiveness of the narrative; it gathers unto itself incidents and characters in its unstoppable progress toward the story's end. Votes: 0

If a scene doesn't work on three levels - it's not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put it in the trash. Votes: 0

It's also possible to have two third person singular points of view, as represented by two characters through whose eyes the story is told in alternating chapters, say. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work. Votes: 0

I try not to think too much about where my voice comes from. I'm channeling characters and emotion to come up with beautiful words that tell a story. Votes: 0

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The inciting incident is how you get (characters) to do something. It's the doorway through which they can't return, you know. The story takes care of the rest. Votes: 0

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor. Votes: 0

An adventure game is nothing more than a good story set with engaging puzzles that fit seamlessly in with the story and the characters, and looks and sounds beautiful. Votes: 0

Designing the prints was very much like writing a story with characters, [inspired by] some of my my favorite icons of the time: Eva Perón and Josephine Baker. Votes: 0

The characters are telling you the story. I'm not telling you the story, they're going to do it. If I do it right, you will get the whole story. Votes: 0

The passion for the story is the wind in your narrative sails. Begin at the heart. We must hear the heartbeat of the story. Love your characters into existence. Votes: 0

I rarely return to characters. My characters, at least most of them, are much more a part of that superorganism that is the story than separate and independent creatures. Votes: 0

Big hooks have always been a part of American movie-making. So, to make a movie where you're just driving story through the characters without a high-concept is a challenge. Votes: 0

The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of language and diction, different approach to story. Votes: 0

I think all the characters in 'American Horror Story,' which is why I love it, are looking for some sense of meaning, and also it's their form of happiness. Votes: 0

You can't make a fan of everyone. Stay true to your story, characters, music, art or whatever it is you do and fuck everyone else who doesn't like it. Life isn't perfect. Votes: 0