Madeleine L'Engle Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave in certain ways. And I wrote, 'I don't think Chaucer had any idea why he did any of these things. That isn't the way people write.' I believe this as strongly now as I did then. Most of what is best in writing isn't done deliberately.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Believe, Writing, Character

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.130, Open Road Media

• In reading we must become creators. Once the child has learned to read alone, and can pick up a book without illustrations, he must become a creator, imagining the setting of the story, visualizing the characters, seeing facial expressions, hearing the inflection of voices. The author and the reader "know" each other; they meet on the bridge of words.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Children, Book, Reading

• There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Character, Risk, Suffering

• The degree of talent, the size of the gift, is immaterial. All artists must listen, but not all hear great symphonies, see wide canvasses, conceive complex, character-filled novels. No
  matter, the creative act is the same, and it is an act of faith.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Character, Artist, Symphony

  FaceBook post by Madeleine L'Engle from Jan 01, 2017

• The deeper and richer a personality is, the more full it is of paradox and contradiction. It is only a shallow character who offers us no problems of contrast.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Character, Personality, Problem

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.21, Open Road Media

• Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Reading, Character, Voice

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