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I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I decided that I would write a book about something I'd want to read if I was 16. It turned into a Cinderella story... I developed a proposal and the characters of 'Gossip Girl' for my job.

~Cecily Von Ziegesar

Topics: About Adult Book Books Characters Cinderella Decided Developed Editing Editor Girl Gossip Gossip Girl Job Like Proposal Read Reading Really Series Something Story Turned Used Want Would Write Young Young Adult

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I decided that, if I were to write a teen series, I'd want to set it in a place that was familiar to me - Manhattan, where I'd grown up - and I'd model the characters on myself and my friends.

~Cecily Von Ziegesar

Topics: Characters Decided Familiar Friends Grown Manhattan Me Model Myself Place Series Set Teen Up Want Were Where Write

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My biggest fear in writing 'Gossip Girl' was that the characters would sound like stereotypical rich, air-headed heiresses. These were my friends. They were smart and multifaceted. They had interests and passions. They wanted to become lawyers and doctors and writers and filmmakers.

~Cecily Von Ziegesar

Topics: Become Biggest Characters Doctors Fear Filmmakers Friends Girl Gossip Gossip Girl Had Interests Lawyers Like Multifaceted Passions Rich Smart Sound Stereotypical Wanted Were Would Writers Writing

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Let's stop reflexively comparing Chinese writers to Chinese writers, Indian writers to Indian writers, black writers to black writers. Let's focus on the writing itself: the characters, the language, the narrative style.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Black Characters Chinese Comparing Focus Indian Itself Language Narrative Stop Style Writers Writing

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Filming movies and TV are vastly different. Film is more of slower pace. You usually have more time to develop characters, and it sometimes takes up to 3 months to film one movie. Sometimes you'll spend half the day filming one scene. TV moves much faster. It takes about 10 days to film an episode.

~Chad Lindberg

Topics: About Characters Day Days Develop Different Episode Faster Film Filming Half Months More Moves Movie Movies Much Pace Scene Slower Sometimes Spend Takes Time Tv Up Vastly You

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I like ambiguity because you may be the villain in someone else's story and the hero in your own, and I think very often, African-American characters are either one thing or the other. You shouldn't have to be perfectly good or perfectly bad. You don't even have to be magical.

~Chadwick Boseman

Topics: African-American Ambiguity Bad Because Characters Either Else Even Good Hero Like Magical May Often One Thing Other Own Perfectly Someone Story Thing Think Very Villain You Your I Think

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People of African descent, most of us grew up accepting and loving Spider-Man. I still love Spider-Man. I still love the Incredible Hulk. I still have those characters that were white role models, superheroes, heroes - whatever you want to call it. You basically had no choice but to accept those.

~Chadwick Boseman

Topics: Accept Accepting African Basically Call Characters Choice Descent Grew Had Heroes Hulk Incredible Love Loving Models Most No Choice People Role Role Models Spider-Man Still Superheroes Those Up Us Want Were Whatever White You

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When you play characters, you shouldn't just be putting on their characteristics - you should be finding it inside yourself.

~Chadwick Boseman

Topics: Characteristics Characters Finding Inside Just Just Be Play Putting Should You Yourself

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Like most people, I'm fascinated by characters who are completely flawed personalities, riven by anguish and doubt, and are psychologically suspect.

~Chang-Rae Lee

Topics: Anguish Characters Doubt Fascinated Flawed Like Most People Personalities Psychologically Suspect Who

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Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.

~Charlaine Harris

Topics: Characters Few Heroic Totally Very

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