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I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.
Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.
Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.
Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look.
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.
Be the light in the dark, be the calm in the storm and be at peace while at war.
In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other.
I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music.
Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.
Every sentence must do one of two things-reveal character or advance the action.
Nothing tells more about the character of a man than the things he makes fun of.
I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character.
What you do off the job is determining factor in how far you will go on the job.
Sometimes the character of the mistress is inferred from the dress of her maids.
A national festival is an occasion to refine and rebuild the national character.
Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.
Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next.
Shows should just be able to be shows without hyphenating their lead characters.
I really do like working very closely with a director and developing characters.
Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
Don't write about a character. Become that character, and then write your story.
I'm always being asked to play roles or characters that I don't really resemble.
Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green.
Our life evokes our character and you find out more about yourself as you go on.
Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.
Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population.
Theres a fine line between playing a dim-witted character and playing a cartoon.
My job is to focus on bringing characters to life in an honest and personal way.
Show me a character totally without anxieties and I will show you a boring book.
It is when I am convinced about my character that I can do justice to that role.
Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character.
I do like Superman as a character, and I have followed him throughout the years.
You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.
I'm always looking for a low-budget script with an interesting character to play.
It's nice to be playing a character who's never had a live-action version before.
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up!
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
For me, clothes are kind of a character. They're more interesting in those terms.
One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.
The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.
God is more interested in developing your character than keeping you comfortable.
The situation comes first...the characters...come next...[then] begin to narrate.
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting.
Woe to him inside a non-conformist clique who does not conform to non-conformity.
My character of the Tramp, the millions of workers symbolized in that one figure.
The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.
If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves.
Meryl [Streep] plays the me-ish character. I love Meryl. She's totally wonderful.