Sally Phillips

As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. So you get the script and a vague idea of how the scene might work, and you then add funny words or change the script. I'm not the world's best writer or the world's best actor, but I can do that thing where I can fix - or ruin - fix-slash-ruin, add quirk, add value.

British Actress

Jonathan Maberry

Making playlists can kill a whole afternoon for me. I like building very specific playlists for new writing projects. In a strange way, choosing certain songs is part of the process of plotting the book out. I pick songs that I think with resonate with characters, their personality quirks, relationship dynamics, action scenes, and so on.

American Author

Claire Scovell LaZebnik

Don't think that there's a different, better child 'hiding' behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his strengths, celebrate his quirks, and improve his weaknesses, the way you would with any child. You may have to work harder on some of this, but that's the goal.

Paul S. Kemp

I'm a transactional lawyer, which involves a lot of negotiation. If nothing else, that's given me a good eye for human motivation and frequent case studies in peculiar psychological quirks. I think that's served me fairly well as a writer.

Paul Dini

That's the thing about writing for a lot of the villains is that, as a writer, you kind of have to put the best part of your own personality aside and instead focus on whatever little strange quirks you may have in your personality.

American Writer

Dana Ashbrook

Twin Peaks' has got interesting characters. They are all different from anything anyone has ever seen before. You've had bad people before. But everyone's got little quirks, and everyone's interesting.

American Actor

Elyn Saks

In a way, I had a very good and normal childhood. I had loving and caring parents. But I had a lot of quirks or problems when I was growing up. I had phobias and obsessions.

American Educator

Matt Haig

Depression is an illness. It is not a ticket to genius. It is not an interesting personality quirk. It is horrible and all-consuming and really hurts.

British Novelist

Deb Caletti

I think a setting is hugely important. I look at setting as a character with its own look, sound, history, quirks, goofy temperaments and moods.

Joe Madureira

Everyone loves characters that are relatable or who have unique quirks or tragic flaws.

American Artist

Quirk often refers to unique behaviors that make an individual stand out.

Personality Traits

While quirky traits may be unusual, they're not typically seen as negative.

Not Negative

Discussing someone's quirks can be a friendly way to understand their personality.

Conversation Starter

In architecture, a quirk is a specific design feature; knowing this can impress during technical discussions.

Architectural Detail

A quirk in woodwork or stonework showcases the artisan's skilled craft.

Craftsmanship Showcase

A quirk can give something or someone more personality and charm.

Adds Character

Some quirks might only be noticeable after spending time with someone.

Not Always Visible

Quirks are often seen as endearing parts of a person's character.

Often Endearing

 And we're very good at this sort of thing because our ability to stereotype people is not some sort of arbitrary quirk of the mind, but rather it's a specific instance of a more general process, which is that we have experience with things and people in the world that fall into categories, and we can use our experience to make generalizations

Paul Bloom: Can...

 imitate the quirks and idiosyncrasies of natural language in order to do that Cohn wingers have learned a lot from historical linguistics and linguistic typology and pidgin and creole languages the language is what they do is they change over a long period of time in the

What does it take to...

 and more importantly, what does this have to do with you? Like the Ship of Theseus, you are a collection of constantly changing your physical body, mind, emotions, circumstances, and even your quirks, always changing, but still in an amazing and sometimes illogical way,

Who am I? A philosophical...

 With a humble mindset, I was able to form a lot richer connections with the people around me. I became genuinely interested in the stories and experiences that make them unique and magical. Life became a lot more fun, because every day I'd discover new quirks, new ideas

Be humble -- and other...

 and quirks of the human condition that we all feel but may not think to talk about because we don't have the words to do it. And about halfway through this project, I defined "sonder," the idea that we all think of ourselves as the main character

Beautiful new words to...

 that may be able to get you all home, if you can figure out how to work through the quirks of its design. Over interdimensional radio, your engineers explain that the robot can teleport into the alternate universes you’re trapped in,

Can you solve the...

 All these ecosystems have their quirks, but mangroves may be the most unique of all. Harboring life between their roots and among their crowns, mangroves function as an essential bridge between land and sea.

The sharks that hunt in...

 important but hang on what's all this about taking a perfectly healthy joey away from a perfectly healthy mum okay well the reason they're doing this is because of a quirk

Fostering Tiny Baby Rock...

 which could be typical road rage or the quirks of interacting with AI which sci-fi also predicted so the next time you're feeling that road rage take a deep breath inhale

How Close Are We to...

 Turns out this cognitive quirk at the checkout counter has important implications for our ability to be heard and listened to when we speak up.