Clint Eastwood Quotes

My job as a dramatist is to find out where these characters want to go, and make it as hard as possible for them to get there.

I really think if you take away a character's obstacles then there's no comedy.

In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect.

I think it's just the challenge. It's not that all my life I've wanted to do characters [in Marvel] , because I never particularly thought about it, but the challenge of saying, "How could they be done differently that may be more absorbing or more effective?"

When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This is true in real life.

Our biggest challenge is always story. The story is the ultimate thing you try to tackle.

Drama is about conflict, and it's about putting obstacles in the path of people you who care about.

I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark.

Drama and comedy, to me, are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.

As writers, we must keep throwing problems at our characters. Conflict is the heart of good storytelling. Hiking in nature along a twisting trail can remind us what a good story feels like. It's the opposite of a treadmill - or an interstate highway.

Character is plot, and casting is character.

A story isn't interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.

I would like to write a play.

We figured the audience would want good stories, great art, wonderful characters, people you could fall in love with that we would immediately put through hell.

As an actor, I'm always interested in my characters getting into trouble, because conflict is, you know, the great determiner of someone's mettle.

Every character comes with its own challenges.

We need the villain sometimes. It makes for an interesting story.

Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

All you need to know about plotting is twofold. 1. Give your characters goals. 2. Don't let them reach those goals.