Character Quotes

All I want to do is write songs about funny characters I made up.

Those who judge children in their innocence, prove themselves the lesser of character and the greater of ignorance.

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.

The town is as full as ever of 'characters,' all created by each other.

Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters.

When you're doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character - I hope I don't reveal too much of myself here - but, uh, no, I'm not doing anything.

I'd like to do voiceovers my whole life. I get to kind of create a character and go in and play.

I don't like having characters as props. I never want a character to be a prop.

I like doing character movies. I like doing movies about personal situations; that's what I love about dealing with things.

I think most great actors have their own life trajectory, the character motion doesn't have anything to do with their life motion.

I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.

There is no more interesting place in the world to meet characters than a movie set.

You can truly miss characters. Not like you miss people, but you can still miss them.

It's not hard to read about death abstractly. I do find it tough when a character I love dies, of course. You can truly miss characters. Not like you miss people, but you can still miss them.

My novels tend to come about from a fusion of two big ideas, creating a critical mass that then fissions, throwing off hundreds of other particles, riffs, tropes and characters.

A creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

We are what we seem to be.

I don't want people to know anything about me, because that's not important. I'm more interested in the me that takes shape through the characters.

I don't worry so much about the audience. I want them very much to be involved and enjoy the movie, but I try to just inhabit the character in a full way, where I can create a personal stake.

I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role you play, you lose the thread of the character.

Now must we sing and sing the best we can, But first you must be told your character: Convicted cowards all, by kindred slain.

A poem is a small machine made of words. . .Its movement is intrinsic, undulant, a physical more than a literary character.

I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life

I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about, all of a sudden, the whole world opens up.

Technique is of less interest than character and story.

Everything characters say or do is a clue to their personalities, their histories, and the forces that motivate them.

I very seldom compose anything in my head which later finds its way into text, except character names sometimes - I'm often very much inspired by things that I misunderstand.

I do want to do TV, but I'm looking to be a creator, writer, and producer, and perhaps I could be a recurring character. Do 10 shows a year, something like that.

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.

To display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing for the character of greatness.

The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.

There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.

I don't think the Republicans can damage my character

The struggle for your own character is the struggle for the nation's character.

Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.

It's difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her gender. It gets rid of every his, her, she and he.

The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality [and character].

Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work.

I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way.

I say, without characters, fame lives long.

To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.

I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is.

Most subject is the fattest soil to weeds.

Nothing reveals character more than self-sacrifice. So the highest knowledge we have of God is through the gift of His Son.

Lord of the golden tongue and smiting eyes; Great out of season and untimely wise: A man whose virtue, genius, grandeur, worth, Wrought deadlier ill than ages can undo.

Sometimes you become a character, and sometimes the character becomes you.

I came from stage in high school, and on stage you kind of overdo with putting on a character a little bit. Sometimes you become a character and sometimes the character becomes you.

Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.

Watch your character for your character is your destiny.