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What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.

A man's character is his fate.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.

Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.