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Character Quotes
Character shows up in fiction, politics and physics.
"Character" is used two distinct ways in this collection — as a literary term about how a fictional character carries moral weight, and as a description of personal integrity tied to one's politics and work. For traits and personality more broadly, see Personality quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Exhibit
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like portraying women of character in my books. Women who exhibit loyalty and courage.
- Live
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The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are the sort of character who likes to feel you are in a battle, then make sure you do that.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not do, without those actions having social consequences.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's fun for me is to try new things and push myself and not get stuck in one genre or another, or stuck with one character or another.
- Obstacles
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to know exactly how the first few measures are going to go, and the rough shape of a movement or the whole piece and its essential character.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Audiences make their minds up about people they see on screen, just like they do in real life. That's what fascinates me in film. You see a character and have to think: is this person different to what I assumed he was when I first saw him?
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