When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to….
If a novel is written in a certain language with certain characters from a particular community and the story is very good or illuminating, then that….
You know, I've always just made the choices on my characters based on my connection to them, and I've made decisions that maybe other people haven't ….
Have the courage to analyze great emotions to create characters who shall be lofty and true. The whole art of the analytical novel lies there..
How can we live without the unknown before us?.
Before beginning, prepare carefully..
Tell the truth. Do your best no matter how trivial the task. Choose the difficult right over the easy wrong. Look out for the group before you look o….
If anyone tells you someone has changed their character; don't believe it..
What is religion? That which is never spoken..
You cannot go wrong with Bugs Bunny. He's the coolest cartoon character ever. I quote him all the time..
The politics of crime is not about a party's record or a candidates proposals, but about perceived character and values..
If were were in a film, the villain would turn out to be the least-expected person. But as we aren't in a film, I'd go for the character who tried to….
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.].
My IQ is somewhere between Spiro Agnew's and Albert Einstein's..
At times it's been weird because for the first phase of my career, I've been really well-known for a character that I was so not like and a character….
Everywhere you look in L.A., you're reminded of what you're a part of - or what you're not a part of. And everyone you meet is talking about the same….
As you are, you see everything else..
True hope is based on energy of character. A strong mind always hopes!!.
Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as has w….
Everything was just so spot on and character-building for me in terms of creating Celia [Bryant]. The ability to get to wear all these vintage pieces….
In novels you're able to occupy character's internal thoughts and it's really hard to do in a film or a TV show. When you're reading a character's th….