We are all regionalists in our origins, however 'universal' our themes and characters, and without our cherished hometowns and childhood... →
Joyce Carol Oates
Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an... →
To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not... →
I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.
Tea Obreht
The nucleic acids have considerable biological importance because of their role in cell growth and in the transmission of hereditary characters.
Severo Ochoa
I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.
Adepero Oduye
Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
Gary Oldman
I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting. This often means... →
Lauren Oliver
I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.
Edward James Olmos
And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice.