Joe Abercrombie Quotes

Habits change into character.

A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

We become what we do.

The force of character is cumulative.

In life, unlike in movies, people don't change - what's the word I'm looking for? - absolutely. They change a bit, slowly.

I just have always felt that people don't change, circumstances change.

Change is hard. A lot of times, at the end of films, even if they're amazing, I look back, and I'm like, 'I don't think anyone changed,' and that's an important thing to see.

Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything.

As a character, it's very interesting to play someone who wants to change their life and have him change it.

Character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.

When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.

I was so bad. Out of control. So glad I turned out to be a nice guy.

Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives?

Bad habits are our enemies because they hinder us from being the person we want to be.

So, on the whole, I'd have to say that no, people don't change, but they CAN learn to behave differently. I want to believe otherwise. If you have an argument that says I'm wrong, I'd be glad to hear it.

I think one of the myths is that people don't change. A lot of people believe that. Their spouse has been an alcoholic for the first 10 years of the marriage, and they say they are never going to change.

It would be nice and fairly nearly true, to say that 'from that time forth, Eustace was a different boy.' To be strictly accurate, he began to be a different boy. He had relapses. There were still many days when he could be very tiresome. But most of those I shall not notice. The cure had begun.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself.

Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.

When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'

I've always loved 'Before and After' stories, in books, magazines, and TV shows. Whenever I read those words, I'm hooked. The thought of a transformation - any kind of transformation - thrills me. And that's the promise of habits.