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In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.

~Dean Koontz

Topics: Books Characters Driven End Experience Extreme Lead Never Portray Problem Reasonable Solution Story Violence

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It's a very dull thing to watch, a writer at work. So dull that whole casts of characters show up just to watch the boring writer writing.

~Debi Gliori

Topics: Boring Casts Characters Dull Just Show Thing Up Very Watch Whole Work Writer Writing

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I like acting. I really like acting. The career, it can keep you interested. With 'Entourage,' the characters are living a lifestyle that is kind of troubling. But the challenge is to make Shauna a person.

~Debi Mazar

Topics: Acting Career Challenge Characters Entourage Interested Keep Kind Lifestyle Like Living Make Person Really Troubling You

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Doing makeup was a way to create characters, only I got tired of doing it for other people.

~Debi Mazar

Topics: Characters Create Doing Got Makeup Only Other People Tired Way

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I think it's fun to play with worlds that you can add a lot of your own imagination to. With 'True Blood,' you're not limited by anything, there are just leaps and bounds of the imagination you can take with these characters.

~Deborah Ann Woll

Topics: Add Anything Blood Bounds Characters Fun Imagination Just Leaps Limited Lot Own Play Take Think True True Blood Worlds You Your I Think

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From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters.

~Deborah Cox

Topics: About Beginning Characters Doing End Energy Enough Intensity Interested Involved Just Keeping Little Much People Stay Story Too Too Much

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I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters.

~Deborah Eisenberg

Topics: About Always Characters Either Looking Perception Sort Suppose

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I couldn't resist hiding some historical details and a few clues relevant to the plot and characters of 'A Discovery of Witches' throughout the pages of the novel.

~Deborah Harkness

Topics: Characters Clues Details Discovery Few Hiding Historical Novel Pages Plot Relevant Resist Some Throughout Witches

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Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they were like at school. What shoes they wear. Spend days - weeks, months - being them until they thicken up and start to breathe.

~Deborah Moggach

Topics: Being Breathe Characters Days Know Like Months Novel Saw School Shoes Somebody Spend Start Them Until Up Very Wear Weeks Well Were Writing You Your

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Psych yourself up until you're confident that the world will be interested in what happens to your characters. Confidence is key.

~Deborah Moggach

Topics: Characters Confidence Confident Happens Interested Key Until Up Will World You Your Yourself

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