Quotes About Depth

However, for my characters to have depth, they have to be human and complex, have both qualities and flaws, do the right things at times, and at others, things they'll regret having done and not necessarily know how to undo.

I'm saying that the depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.

I tend to see my characters from inside and outside at once; this is a technique I use to retain a slight distance. It means my characters can act in unexpected ways on two axes: physical and mental. It isn't just, 'I thought this and then I did this,' which is the technique of the modern psychological novel.

Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.

But, for me, I'm such a complex person with so many different facets and so much depth that asking me the same question twice seems almost unfair to the reader. I'm going to die a mystery already, so you want to find out as much about me as you can while I'm still here.

Being able to elicit the feeling of the unfathomable in intelligent adults is like falling in love.

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring.

There are photographers who don't really engage with their subject. It's a really unfortunate phrase, but they take their photo and they leave with it. It works but I think it ultimately limits how profound the work can be.

If you are truly wise, you love life very deeply. You love the things in your life, transient though they may be.

Wisdom isn't about knowing; it's an understanding that meaning is inexhaustible.

Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble.

The small wisdom is like water in a glass:clear, transparent, pure.The great wisdom is like the water in the sea:dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

Our minds thirst for anything that reminds us of the deepest wisdom of the soul.

Intelligence seeks reasons behind things. Wisdom looks for things behind reasons.

Love freelyAsk kindlyLive gentlyLove fiercelyHope infinitelyRage internallyForgive repeatedlySpeak wiselyFeel deeply

There is a depth to life which only comes from our connection to other people. However, we have to find it without becoming a prisoner.

People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.

Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.

i over love.i under love.i am either a floodor i am nothing.

Human knowledge is but a ripple on the water's surface. To go deeper, we must accept the fact that we don't know everything

It is better to know so much about a few but important things, than to know so little about life, and much about trivial things.

If knowledge is a glass of water, then wisdom is the unlimited, infinite and not yet invented ocean.

The deeper in you go the more unique you become

There are pearls in the deepest fathoms of the Self, but to get them you will have to go through unimaginable perils.