Quotes about characters
characters daytime kept number relate veterans
We are probably the only show in daytime that has kept characters on. We've had a number of veterans who have been on the show for over 40 years, and how they relate these veterans to their grandchildren is something I think is very real.
characters friend nice return spend suddenly time
There are characters which you spend a lot of time with, and you get to know, and you feel that -- suddenly it's a friend somewhere. And they are nice to return to.
characters grew influenced obviously pulled
Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences. Jim Rash
characters fix hand manuscript partner written
When you've written your characters into a corner, you just hand the manuscript over to your partner and make her fix it. Connie Willis
characters convincing course hard hear normal question scares
I often hear actors say during their interviews: 'I want to play a crazy person, a murderer, or someone who's on edge.' But that question scares me. I mean, of course there are characters I'd like to play, but I can't really say specifically who they are. It's much too hard to play a convincing normal person as it is. Li Bingbing
characters draw
Who doesn't want to draw Batman or Superman? Everyone would like to be able to draw them. I've been really lucky when it comes to the characters that I get to illustrate.
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When you think of a great twist or a red herring or a way of misdirecting the reader, it is good, but you know that they are just tricks at the end of the day, and the way to keep interest is to write characters that people care about. Mark Billingham
characters connect improv machines movies people sort
A lot of times in movies, especially in sequels, the characters become caricatures and just sort of improv machines and joke machines, rather than people you can actually connect to. Hayden Schlossberg
characters erase good name names saying written
When you say the name Gilligan, you know who that is. If a show is good, if it's written well, you should be able to erase the names of the characters saying the lines and still be able to know who said it. If you can't do that, the show will fail. Sherwood Schwartz
characters musicians pit structure within
There is no pit orchestra. The musicians are essentially characters in the show. That was a big idea from Des. And it set a structure within which we were able to write the show. Rick Elice
characters dozen fiction single whom
I'm always looking for complicated characters in fiction about whom I can feel a dozen feelings at once - in the space of a single paragraph, even. Edan Lepucki
characters checked following life post saw surreal
I post on Twitter regularly, and when I checked my followers, I saw that my own characters were following me. They sounded eerily like my characters would actually sound. It was a very surreal thing to see come to life digitally! Neal Shusterman
characters directions discover happen ideas originally plot thinking time trick twists
Before I start, I trick myself into thinking I know what's going to happen in the story, but the characters have ideas of their own, and I always go with the character's choices. Most of the time I discover plot twists and directions that are better than what I originally had planned.
characters compelling fascinated interested job
It's your job to come up with compelling characters who speak to an individual authenticity. If I'm not interested in the characters, I can't go on. I have to be fascinated by them. Nic Pizzolatto
characters hard mysterious within
Writing is a mysterious process, and many ideas come from deep within the imagination, so it's very hard to say how characters come about. Mostly, they just happen. Michelle Paver
characters drop familiar hear incredible pin points watching
Watching (the film) with them is really this incredible experience. They are so familiar with the characters and the tone, you could hear a pin drop at some points in the movie. Sean Maher
characters either inhabit suited telling
With writing fiction, I'm either not courageous enough or just not suited for telling truths in a more conventional way. As an actor, I inhabit those characters as I'm writing them. Ray McKinnon
characters substance
What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a novel are made out of the sentences. That's what their substance is. Jonathan Miller
characters lots series
We're going to make another series with lots of new characters and old characters together. David Walliams
characters series
We're going to kill some characters off in the new series Matt Lucas
characters particular point tone view writer
Usually a writer has a particular point of view in a film, and you find that all the characters come in and out of this one tone and rhythm. Kelly Lynch
characters knew people strongest voices
When I started to write realistic, real fiction, the voices that were the strongest for me - the characters that I heard, the people that I knew - were the ones from my childhood.
characters job main rather trying
To play one of the main characters in it, it's not like the kind of thing you don't do. Oh, I'd rather not play Pippin in "Lord of the Rings". . . . in fact, I'm trying to think - what else would you rather do, you know? I can't actually think of another job that I'd rather do. Billy Boyd
characters
The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance. Javier Bardem
characters sort
When I do 'Sweet Tooth,' really, whatever I want to do with the characters kind of goes. I'm sort of in charge. Jeff Lemire
characters far mostly played time violent watching
The characters I've played have been mostly violent, and I'm so far from being violent or aggressive. I spend a lot of time watching 'Fireman Sam' with my three-year-old son Louis. Tom Hardy
characters novels slowly stages
I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters in the early stages and I think, 'What is he or she like,' and they slowly come together and they become the person they are. A. S. Byatt
characters four latest played
I've played four characters now, my latest one being Sandor the gypsy. Thayer David
characters drawn historical taken whether
The characters in my stories, whether historical or fictional, usually prove to be a compilation of influences taken from differing sources, but never drawn from one model. Thomas Steinbeck
characters life people
Usually, people write the characters into a box, and that's just not true to life. Thomas Ian Nicholas
characters concerns covered fantasy guides insight nearly needs perspective reading recommend travel travelling
I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some point, and they have many of the same needs and concerns covered in travel guides. Trudi Canavan
characters excited life
I'm excited to bring my characters to life in book form. Toby Turner
characters hit people pulling
Many people have done really well pulling their characters out; I think 'Wayne's World' really hit the mark. Stephnie Weir