"What I do when I create a character is put in details from all the people I know who might be like that person, and then put in a huge amount of myself."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Creativity Quotes #Character Quotes #People Quotes

“Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.”
“The whole world is one immense woman, and we are in her very womb, we are not yet born, we are joyfully ripening.”
“The next time someone asks for your opinion, and you know itâ€™s contrary to that personâ€™s viewpoint, take the risk of putting your perspective on the table rather than taking the path of least resistance by agreeing or saying you have no opinion.”
“I guess this is cliche, but I'd love to work with Kanye West, Mark Ronson, Diplo.”
“There are basically two approaches to solving the problem of terrorism. One is that you understand the mind of the terrorist in order to establish defenses against it. The other is that you kill all the terrorists and all the potential terrorists.”
“We get ready for death by beginning to live life as we should have been living it all along.”
“The whole universe was stilled as if listening for a voice. For the space of one heartbeat there was peace on earth. For one fraction of a moment there was no deed of violence wrought on earth, no hatred, no fire, no whirlwind, no pain, no fear. Existence rested against the heart of God, then sighed and journeyed again.”
“Why was man created before woman? Because you always need a rough draft before the final copy.â€ â€“ Chloe Traeger”

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