For a book to function... it has to be a functioning reality. The character has to be real, and I imagine that's exactly what happens for a spy who is in deep cover.

You can't form a character without being completely comfortable with who you are as a person.

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.

A lot of people think I'm that guy in 'Betsy's Wedding', but I'm not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally.

Having a sweet, wide-eyed, awkward character is more charming and allows for more range. If you come from anger, you're going to reach a ceiling very quickly.

A wise and an understanding heart.

The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his every-day conduct.

It was a wonderful combination for a reporter, the exterior so comforting, the interior so driven.

A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

I suppose that one's years spent living do not reflect a measure of our souls or strength of character.

While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

Our true worth lies in our character, not in our accomplishments

The prospect of an early death sits differently upon each person. In some it gifts maturity far outweighing their age and experience: calm acceptance blossoms into a beautiful nature and soft...

You're a real cowboy.

Be confident enough to show your true self to the world.

People are seen through the stained glass window of our imagination. { "The hidden sides of his character" }

A society that has no wrongs will soon have no rights.

Life is not about having perfect days. Life is not about handling days perfectly. Life is about perfecting one's character through the having and handling of every given day.

The purpose of education should be character - building.

I think you have to have a sense of humor about every movie that you're doing. Your character needs to be relatable in a way that, even when you're doing the most bizarre things, sometimes a bit of...

There seemed to be that same fierce quest after truth, the same unafraid penetration, the same feeling that character is beauty, no matter how sordid it may appear.

Skills can be taught. Character you either have or don't have. Bigfoot understood that there are two types of people in the world: those who do what they say they're going to do - and everyone else.

We all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels.

A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I'm not going to take anything away from you, you...

Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution.

There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character... Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like...

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

Have you got any soul? a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel like saying; some days yes, some days no. A few days ago I was right out; now I've got loads, too much, more than I can...

As I have pointed out before, characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing in a nutshell a basic human possibility that the author...