Sometimes we hold on to the good and the better for a very long time that we don’t even know when we allowed the best to slip away from our hands.

I really was a fan of his and always have been – his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot of times overlook that part, because he kind of got into that party...

Let today be the day you control your emotions. Don’t let them get the best of you. Whatever you are feeling right now should not be overwhelming. Don’t allow others to dampen your spirit. You...

I want a character to wake up one day and feel like, ‘I can face it’. That, to me, is happy. I want the characters to rescue themselves, though you use the relationships you have,...

By mastering character and plot, you give your book a fighting chance and withoutcharacter and plot, no book can survive.

I want to go much further than that. I want to point out that when Jesus spoke, whether it be of blessing or wealth or prosperity or what-have-you, He was rarely speaking of what is...

Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people’s in such a constructive way that she never felt the lack.

Besides it’s not as though the prisoner can truly die, any more than a character in a novel can. You can always flip back to the first page, can’t you?

The man that makes a character, makes foes.

I think that the past three and a half weeks, we showed a lot of character,

You can be in your room and lead people. Just develop your potentials and publicize them and you will see people looking for your product. That is influence; self-made leaders do not look for followers....

You can’t be funny for funny’s sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but it always has to be believable and based in real character motivations and what people would really...

I detest these underdone men, he thought coldly. Boiled looking! Ought to be shoved back in the oven; just one more minute would do it.

Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends – there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless – be unhappy – and die a...

What makes a good leader? I ask myself this every day, and then as I begin to list off characteristics I realize I’m describing myself. Am I the ideal leader? Let’s just say that if...

Realize that by hurting your own characters, you are not a sadist. You are not deliberately hurting your loved ones merely to watch them suffer. You’re giving a gift. You’re helping them grow and develop....

Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.

Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures – character.

This builds character for a team, … I’m just happy it happened earlier in the season. Hopefully, this will make us better.

There are two ways to go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can do it freehand and...

I wouldn’t say that I’m very similar to the character of Nathan at all. Both of us have had very different upbringings and backgrounds. I have a competitive nature like the character of Nathan. That’s...

It’s grown into a personal relationship, yeah. I’m crazy about Jerry. I think he’s a unique character.

There’s never any telling what you’ll say or do next, except that it’s bound to be something astonishing. By God, sir, you are a character.

After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career.

I start with a character and a situation, but I don’t know what’s going to happen until I write it. Sometimes things happen that surprise me.

You do me proud, Captain. But, dear, I want to say one thing and then I’m done; for you don’t need much advice of mine after my good man has spoken. I read somewhere that...

[But how similar does she believe the Peter Mullan character also called Michael Scot is to the real figure?] Well, the Shoebox Zoo character really thinks he is ‘nae small drink’ and that he knows...

When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don’t shy away from it. Why should I?

To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I’m good to go.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

Dismantle your friend to see how he behaves. If he smiles with a beautiful grin, then take him back, he’s worthy to be called a friend.

Moral maturity and freedom require more than mere adherence to the law; they require an understanding of the why and wherefore of its rules and regulations- the principles that make it worthy of their allegiance.

Most of the time, when I’m writing, I’m writing for myself. I’m thinking, ‘What will my character say at this time? What will come out of her mouth?’ I create individuals so real to me,...

What people say about you, good or bad, is not nearly as important as what you are.

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

Graphic designers judge a cover by its book.

You see, Marcus, some things have value yet have no price, and a wise man learns them and their worth. So do not let the standard of the marketplace be your guide. A man goes...

I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me.

If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.

The whole point of taking a job is that you connect with a character or with an issue.

More or less, this was our best against their best. This whole program is built on class and character, and we weren’t going to leave anything up there. They had heart and soul to the...

If we don’t fight for what we ‘stand for’ with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really ‘stand’ for anything?

All cruelty springs from weakness.

I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character...

Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working on the solution of the gag, which is composition, placing, equilibrium,...

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

Just think how happy you’d be if you lost everything you have right now & then got it back.

It was tough to try to be serious in front of Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan with all this stuff in my face. There’s never been a character that’s looked this extreme.

One uncontrolled character flaw can ruin your greatest accomplishment.

The telling of any character is what they do in a different situation.