[W]hen I put Jorge in the library I did not yet know he was the murderer. He acted on his own, so to speak. And it must not be thought that this is an 'idealistic' position, as if I were saying that the characters have an autonomous life and the auth...
Saying that 'I am a grateful alcoholic' will then reflect the truth about who we have become in our person, having understood deeply and intimately that God in his grace can turn any evil, any pain we have suffered or inflicted, to good purpose. – ...
Yoga says instinct is a trace of an old experience that has been repeated many times and the impressions have sunk down to the bottom of the mental lake. Although they go down, they aren’t completely erased. Don’t think you ever forget anything. ...
Literary style is like crystal-ware: the cleaner the wineglass, the brighter the brilliance. As a reader, I agree with those who believe that a colour of the dress, which a character has on, as well as any enumeration and description of dishes at din...
I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy any kind of story. I also want something with a definitive plot—you know, beginning, middle and end--that has forward motion. I don’t like series bo...
I think politics is deadly to write about, frankly. If you have a political agenda and you set out to write a novel to prove that, say, capitalism should crumble, then it's going to be a really bad novel. Very few people have been able to deal with p...
Imagine that you are stuck on a long train ride and must choose one of two books to read in order to pass the time: the first is a novel whose main character is an office worker who is essentially working to pay his monthly cable bill; the second is ...
Parenthood doesn’t improve one’s character, it exposes it.
I'm my characters' galley slave.
I'm not some character from a boys' manga." ~Yukio
Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.
I'm starting to feel like a character from one of these books
Character is standing tall and guiding others.
It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.
With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.
My best writing has to do with an internal process that I'm working out unconsciously and put into my characters.
I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character.
It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.
