“Love your material. Nothing frightens the inner critic more than the writer who loves her work. The writer who is enamored of her material forgets all about censoring herself. She doesn't stop to wonder if her book is any good, or who will publish it, or what people will think. She writes in a trance, losing track of time, hearing only her characters in her head.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingBookCharacterForgetWonderLove YouMaterialsLosingCriticsTrackHearingPublishTranceEnamoredCensoring Author:Allegra Goodman
“I like to always wash the slate clean, and reinvigorate my spirit to be connected to the characters that I am doing. I am finding new ways to allow myself to soar beyond the parameters of what the writers have written. My key is to commit, and love your character.” WayCharacterSpiritWrittenLove YouKeysFindingsAnd LoveCleanConnectedCommitNew WaysSoarSlateParameters Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“It sounds schmaltzy to say, but fiction is much more to do with love than people admit or acknowledge. The novelist has to not only love his characters - which you do, without even thinking about it, just as you love your children. But also to love the reader, and that's what I mean by the pleasure principle.” PeopleThinkingMeanChildrenCharacterSoundPleasureFictionPrinciplesLove YouReaderOur ChildrenAcknowledgeNovelistsYour ChildrenOnly LoveLove Your Children Author:Martin Amis
“If you never fall in love with your character, you'll never be able to do that character justice. No matter who it is, no matter what the character does, you have to find the reason for it. Everyone's got a reason for what they do, even if it's a reason that they're not proud of.” IfsDoeMatterReasonCharacterAbleFallJusticeLove YouProudNo Matter WhatFalling In LoveNever Fall In Love Author:Hugh Jackman
“I don't think I've seen that sort of character in a long time in this genre because again, there was a time when you could have quirky, strange characters that you grew to love, you didn't quite understand, you know, and then all of a sudden they became almost cardboard cutouts for awhile. You kind of know the guy, what his deal is - this guy's hard to figure out. He has some strange habits, but, you learn to love him and you discover more about him, where it comes from.” ThinkingKnowsKindLongHardCharacterGuyDealsLove YouFiguresStrangeGrewHabitLong TimeGenreNow And ThenThis GuyQuirky Author:Antoine Fuqua
“I can't not have something attached to like what actually happens in real life. Like I can't do a romantic comedy without there being something where like, in the case of Annie Hathaway's character, her character ends up having Parkinson's, you know? To me, I feel like that's love, you know? Like to me. So every movie has to have that kind of sense of that.” KnowsFeelsKindI CanRealEndsCharacterHappensCasesComedyLove YouReal LifeAnnieParkinsonParkinson's Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“It's so funny because, when the other world was being hatched and conceived, I just kept hearing, "Don't do that! That's a huge mistake! People love your characters. Why go to these new ones?" And I was like, "No, we can do this! I'm invested. Why wouldn't they be?"” PeopleWorldCharacterCan DoMistakeLove YouHugeHearingOther Worlds Author:J.H. Wyman
“When you're doing a movie, you're in and out of there in three months. If you hated the experience, it's all good because you can take the paycheck and leave. But, on a television show, you have to love your character and you have to love the experience because you could be there for awhile, fingers crossed.” IfsCharacterShowsThreeLove YouTelevisionMonthsFingersHatedTelevision ShowsThree MonthsPaychecksFingers Crossed Author:Jordana Brewster
“In a story, for example, you'll start off with a character who is a little bit of a cartoon. That's not satisfying and you start revising. And as you revise you always are making it better by being specific and by observing more closely, which actually is really the same as saying you love your characters. The close observation equals love of them.” LittlesCharacterStoriesBitsLove YouExampleLittle BitObservationSatisfyingCartoonObservingRevising Author:George Saunders
“I hated roses. I hated them for being so trite, so clichéd, a default, all-purpose flower that said I love you, I'm sorry, and get well soon. Give me peonies and tulips, orchids or gardenia. Those were flowers with character.” GivingWellsSaidCharacterPurposeLove YouFlowerGive MeRoseSorryHatedI'm SorryDefaultGet WellOrchidsPeoniesGet Well SoonWell Soon Author:Justina Chen