Characters Quotes

Only the Strong is a lushly atmospheric and passionately written piece of work, bursting with colorful characters that shine on every page.

Bernice L. McFadden
Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and Responsibility of our existence.

Elihu Burritt

I would say it was the directors. We have to give credit to the directors for this, because in the script, we just said, "Gru's Minions do this or do that" in the initial draft. And then, they came up with the characters' design and the philosophical concept of the Minions. And then, we started writing to that. We have to give a lot of credit to them.

Cinco Paul
- Directors
- Credit
- Concept
I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another.

Ivan Reitman
- Film
- Characters
- Warmth
But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the game and think it's important, but I can't get excited about that myself.

Brad Warner
- Game
- Bible
- Rules
All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters. They are real to me while I'm writing them, and I think that makes them real to the readers as well.

Stephenie Meyer
- Real
- Write
- Readers
I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices.

Sarah Gadon
- Choices
- Directors
- Scenes
The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level.

Nick Cave The Birthday Party
- Period
- Songs
- Wrote