Quotes about character
character voice hiking
The Black Mountain poet I like most is the early Creeley. Those early poems seem very lyrical and very traditional, with a lot of voice and character. Robert Morgan
character suffering depth
When you look back at your own life, you see ... the sufferings you went through, each time you would have avoided it if you possibly could. And yet, when you look at the depth of your character now, isn't a part of that a product of those experiences? Weren't those experiences part of what created the depth of your inner being? Ram Dass
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We were rushing things. We were doing a lot of things that were out of character. Coach showed us films. He showed us that our offense works. Obviously, we know that. We just have to stick with it. Caron Butler
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We view Manasquan downtown as highly retail, ... Fortunately, it's continued to be successful competing with the strip malls, and we'd like to keep it that way. This is more of a proactive step to retain that character as opposed to having it turn into office space. Richard Dunne
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When you are writing for fiction everything is in each word and each individual word is a literary decision, whereas if you are writing for the screen and you have a character walking into a room it is because she walks into the room: it doesn't matter if it isn't glorious literature. Roddy Doyle
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We will look at all phases and we will make sure we learn from the experience and we take the good from it and try to get better as a football team. With the character of players I have here, I know it will take place. Andy Reid
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We will keep Jerusalem united and strong, with a Jewish majority and character.
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We are real happy for him. We wanted to do something, but we are of the character that we were in a team competition and it's team first. He will get his recognition at the end of the season when he finishes well in the 100s.
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To be without Phil for such a length of time is a major setback, but he is a strong character and I am sure he will come back from this. Rob Andrew
characters good gray
Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to write about gray characters than it is to write about black and white. Harlan Coben
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Playing characters who are wonderful and beautiful is hard because you don't feel like that most of the time... well, I don't. It's like this whole heart-throb nonsense. It's flattering, but that's not how I feel in the morning. It's something that goes with the job.
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I made the character as much of myself as I could. Gil Gerard
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What I love about 'Breaking Bad' is the reflection of many people's - it's more real in terms of people have faults, people have character traits that they don't like about themselves. It resembles more of what the human journey really is and it's less fantastic and hero-driven than other characters and shows that we watch. Giancarlo Esposito
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Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make. Gillian Armstrong
characters known magical offers
I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality known by the characters and the reality known by the fans. Will Poulter
characters plot surprise takes
I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind. Vikas Swarup
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I didn't realise my upbringing was unusual until my teens. As the child of two actors, I presumed that visiting film sets and being surrounded by colourful characters was normal. Emilia Fox
characters check meant might pilot sort
The pilot is a sales tool; it introduces you to the characters and might set the template for what the show is meant to be, but there's so many boxes you have to check off on a pilot that it can sort of hurt the storytelling in a way.
characters giving hear opposed television
In television writing, you want to hear what the characters say as opposed to giving them something to say. It's the same with the cartoons.
characters love
I love creating characters and becoming someone else entirely. Brina Palencia
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We never really know what's around the corner when we're filming - what turn a story will take, what a character will do or say to surprise us, how the events in the world will impact our story.
characters either suppose
I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters. Deborah Eisenberg
characters opera worth
Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.
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No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.
characters honest movies people relate
When I'm creating characters, I just want to create characters that I can relate to, and be as honest about them as people as I can be. That's what I want to see when I go to the movies. Nicole Holofcener
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I've found that readers of historical romances really like series because they get to revisit characters and find out what happens with them. I've done several series. Nicole Jordan
characters consider kinds
My favorite thing about acting is that I can play all kinds of different people. Frankly, I don't consider myself a very interesting person, so the characters I play are usually much more fun. Nathan Kress
characters shows tv
I often play characters on TV shows that are more sweet and naive and just kind of puppy-dog eyes, and I don't think I am like that as a person. Lauren Lapkus
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My characters are not role-model Muslims, but they struggle to make choices using Muslim logic. Leila Aboulela
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There are plenty of secondary characters that I had always hoped to write, but I don't know if it will ever happen. The way contracts work, if you leave one publishing house for another, the characters tend to stay with the previous publishing house. Lori Foster
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I like to jot down ideas on the back of envelopes and to recognise the potential value in small things. I also like the freedom to think without feeling compelled to write too early. Stories are often better if we can hold back and get to know the characters and the sounds of language. Nick Earls
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Having to think so much about fictitious relationships that work or don't work, and with each relationship between characters managing to do one or other of those in its own peculiar way, I spend a lot of time thinking about relationships, real and imagined.
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One of the most interesting female characters I've written about was Meg Riddoch, the lead character in 'The Thompson Gunner'.