Character Builder Prints

"So basically you are looking for books on changing everyone except yourself."

"Studies show that during teen years...it's more important to focus on character issues rather than petty things like dirty rooms."

'I'll publish it if you include a character obviously based on me.'

How come when dad has to weed it's 'a waste of his time', but when I have to weed it's 'building my character'?

"Don't be embarrassed. Most heroic archetypes your age have lost the ability to swashbuckle."

"You know how it is, one minute I'm selling insurance in South Dakota and the next minute I have a hook for a hand. How about you?"

A Hard Look At Hard Looks

"No way. Lando, my friend. Lando." "There's no way Lando Calrissian was a better betrayer than Alex Krycek." "Ask any passerby on the street. 9 out of 10 of them won't even know who Alex Krycek is." "That's utter foolishness. Everyone knows Alex Krycek. He was basically the X-Files' anti-Mulder. He could out-weasel Billy D. Williams any day." "Stop!" "When men start arguing over which fictional character was a better betrayer, they have officially run out of things to talk about." "That Kr

"You funnin' me, bub?"

Christopher Isherwood

Heaven

"He'd make a wonderful main character for a short story, but I wouldn't put up with him for an entire novel."

'CHICK-FLICK' MALE LEAD CHARACTER ARC.

'There's more to me than my books, you know.'

He's very disciplined about his writing, three hours staring at a blank screen every morning and five in the afternoon.

"Your tax return reads like one of your novels."

"It's about the world's smartest girl, her caring father, her fun-loving great aunt and her annoying, car-obsessed big brother."

"Well, I've been struggling to write a book about my struggle to write a book..."

Mr. Hyde writing the unauthorized autobiography of Dr. Jekyll

"What's my motivation?"

JOIN THE BOY SCOUTS HERE!, ''Trustworthy, friendly, loyal, helpful, kind, courteous, brave, thrifty, obedient and cheerful' -- This is going to look GREAT on my resume!'

Giant

Writing the generations/Bring characters to life.

Ian McEwan

"My novel? I've put it on hold. I'm writing my response in case I get asked to do on eof those 'How I write' columns..."

'All the characters in my novels are based on real people, for example the fat useless waster in my last one was you!'

Film critic critics

"You ever watch 'Real Housewives of Atlanta'?"

"Your life's story lacks a protagonist."

Butterfly

Enola Holmes/Millie Bobby Brown

'I think the cartoonist is trying to cover all his options.'

"Would you describe yourself as a bold character?"

'It all started when I built my own computer. Soon everyone in my aerobics class wanted one!'

Charles Dickens.