Samuel R. Delany Quotes

The movies and TV shows I like to watch tend to put their characters in situations where they have to dig deeper.

Pippin chooses love and finds a greater sense of himself at the end of all the madness. I relate to him in many ways. I have been through stuff, thought I knew best, and often been proven wrong.

I think that 'City of Heavenly Fire' is definitely a book where all the characters are tested to their limits, and they have to make really significant choices about who they are and who they wanna be.

It's not that I'm necessarily looking for things that are so dark and emotional. But if I see something where the character goes through enormous change, it's very appealing to play all those levels, and that is probably going to involve some dark moments.

Character is primary. What happens as far as plot and events is not as intriguing to me as what's happening inside this particular person.

I have not thought too much about the psychology or life of the character Jonas in some time.

It's nice to take the gloves off, to really examine your character's desires and goals.

I like being able to play women that are growing or aren't easy to love. Maybe they are really likable, but they're annoying because they're not tapping into who they're suppose to be. You're watching them, and you're like, 'Oh, why does she keep making this decision?'

I look to find the heart and soul of people, of my characters. I look for the truth of them and the truths about life that are presented through them.

And we are magic talking to itself, noisy and alone. I am queen of all my sins forgotten. Am I still lost? Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Although my stories are all very different on the surface, I like to write stories about characters struggling with big problems. I'm always reminded, no matter how different from me one of my characters is from me on the surface, how we're all pretty much the same underneath.

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

We're always attracted to characters who are people we could identify with and yet are put through incredibly tortured or difficult circumstances - the idea being that you don't really know who you are until you've been tested or suffered in some way.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.

I think of 'Liar & Spy' as completely different and actually not at all like a 'When You Reach Me'-type story. I feel like 'Liar & Spy' has a much quieter, more emotional revelation.

I enjoy heroines who grow and come into their own during the course of a story.

There are a lot of films where I play characters that are about the windows to the interior person rather than the exterior.

I've been so in my moment about my life.

Clearly, I'm drawn to characters with inner conflicts.

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

It's the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world.

It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.

I have written only what I have thought through, felt through and suffered through.