We are given talent but we choose to have character.
Wayde GoodallA tough hide with a tender heart is a goal that all leaders must have.
Wayde GoodallTag: heart character leadership
One uncontrolled character flaw can ruin your greatest accomplishment.
Wayde GoodallTag: character
First character, then ability.
Shinichi SuzukiThe viewpoint character in each story is usually someone trapped in a living nightmare, but this doesn't guarantee that we and the protagonist are at one. In fact Woolrich often makes us pull away from the person at the center of the storm, splitting our reaction in two, stripping his protagonist of moral authority, denying us the luxury of unequivocal identification, drawing characters so psychologically warped and sometimes so despicable that a part of us wants to see them suffer. Woolrich also denies us the luxury of total disidentification with all sorts of sociopaths, especially those who wear badges. His Noir Cop tales are crammed with acts of police sadism, casually committed or at least endorsed by the detective protagonist. These monstrosities are explicitly condemned almost never and the moral outrage we feel has no internal support in the stories except the objective horror of what is shown, so that one might almost believe that a part of Woolrich wants us to enjoy the spectacles. If so, it's yet another instance of how his most powerful novels and stories are divided against themselves so as to evoke in us a divided response that mirrors his own self-division.
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Tag: writing writers character writer noir crime-fiction fiction-writing short-fiction cornell-woolrich noir-fiction
Children are ingenuous. They are also blessed with uncanny ability to read a person's character instantly. Even though they are inexperienced and unsophisticated, they often know instinctively who can be trusted and who is the charlatan.
Wess StaffordOne's character is set at an early age, son. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life." He was quiet for a minute then dropped the curtain and said, "I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.
Wendelin Van DraanenTag: character flipped bryce chet
Just think how happy you'd be if you lost everything you have right now
Ronald ReaganTag: life character president ronald-reagan
A well-developed and versed character will write the story for you.
A.R. VossTag: story character quotes author insperational
What do you believe reveals more about a man’s character, his arrogance or his attempt to disguise it?
Aaron B. PowellTag: moral-courage arrogance character evil-men
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