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Confusing the author and the character seems to be a popular and rather unsophisticated reaction to books.
I love writing about Oklahoma. I love writing Oklahoma characters; I love playing Southwestern characters.
She had not character enough to take to drinking, and moaned about, slip-shod and in curl-papers, all day.
The condition of women affords in all countries the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.
One should try to locate power at the extreme of its exercise, where it is always less legal in character.
A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.
It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.
If landscape is a character for me, then it helps if I'm familiar with it and I already have a take on it.
There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference.
Education, family, character, intelligence, humility, okay? These are the things that make a culture live.
The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.
I don't have that X factor; I have to bank on my skills, be true to my character, and hope to be accepted.
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
We build our character as a carapace to keep away the fear of the abyss. That's what our character is for.
If you're making a movie about the effects of time, you kind of have to engage time as the main character.
I consciously try to end my novels at a point where I won't have to wonder about my characters ever again.
For me, playing a really bad character is about figuring out what brought the person to where we need him.
Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former.
I had a blast, but I still wonder sometimes why they saw me as the perfect guy for this strange character.
Dialogue's a method of revelation, of course. A few words of dialogue can reveal worlds about a character.
I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it.
I love the challenge of an entire year has gone by and how has that affected the character you're playing.
Real faith never disappoints because it is in God, grounded on His character, promises, covenant and oath.
It's a funny thing, character, the way it brands people as they age, rising from within to leave its scar.
I think I'm a character actress in a leading lady's body, but the industry doesn't really see me that way.
Why does 'I Love Lucy' still make people laugh? Because she's a specific character who has real reactions.
It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.
Children develop character by what they see, by what they hear, and by what they are repeatedly led to do.
All the characters of the Passion agree to the year 34; and that is the only year to which they all agree.
Look well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust.
The way I write is that, every time I reintroduced a character, I'd have to face some kind of inner demon.
I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.
Reserve is an artificial quality that is developed in most of us but as the result of innumerable rebuffs.
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.
I sometimes wonder if the inability to find oneself makes one seek oneself in other people, in characters.
Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations.
Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.
I've always been interesting in characters that challenge people and who are not always that easy to like.
We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.
I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie youre watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.
I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.
I never play characters that are like me because I'm a boring person. I wouldn't want to see me in a movie.
If you think that you can sin, and then by cries avert the consequences of sin, you insult God's character.
I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.
I've made mistakes but the beauty of life is that each regret builds character and makes us a better person
I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.
Often I'll find clues to where the story might go by figuring out where the characters would rather not go.
I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office.