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.

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

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.

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

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

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...

A compliment about one's nature is more important because a person has to choose how to behave, whilst a compliment about one's appearance doesn't mean overly much because there is no choice involved...

A woman can't do anything about her appearance. Either she's pretty or she isn't. But her character is quite another matter.

If mind is seen not as a threat but as a guide to emotion, if intellect is seen neither as a guarantee of character nor as an inevitable danger to it, if theory is conceived as something serviceable...