David Corbett quotes

“Developing a character with genuine depth requires a focus on not just desire but how the character deals with frustration of her desires, as well as her vulnerabilities, her secrets, and especially her contradictions. This development needs to be forged in scenes, the better to employ your intuition rather than your intellect.”
-- David Corbett

Source : "The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV". Book by David Corbett, January 29, 2013.

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“Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.”
-- David Corbett

Source : David Corbett (2013). “The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV”, p.41, Penguin

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“An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness.”
-- David Corbett

Source : "The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV". Book by David Corbett, January 29, 2013.

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“Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens.”
-- David Corbett

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“Whether we know it or not, our minds and hearts are populated by all the characters we will ever need - though we may disassemble them and rearrange the parts into composites for variation.”
-- David Corbett

#Heart Quotes #Character Quotes #Mind Quotes

“This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.”

“I'm a character actor.”

“People are terrified of other people or difficult projects because they tell themselves that they could fail or be rejected. Failure can lead to sorrow, regret, frustration and annoyance-all healthy feelings without which people couldn't exist.”

“The damnable frustration of revenge. Revenge is for dreams...never for reality.”

“I'm just generally hugely frustrated, I'm a very, very frustrated man. I'm just a ball of pent-up frustration.”

“Focus too much on the near-term and you won't get tomorrow's customers, focus too much on the long-term and you won't get today's.”

“No matter what happens, you can get through this day. Inhale. Focus on the word, 'relax. Exhale. Say, 'I can do this!' And then do it.”

“I was about one drink away from my limit, In came a black dress with a black body in it, She looked so timid, it took me a minute To get her in focus”

“Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.”

Source : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.181, Penguin

“You can ruin anything if you focus at it.”