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"What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him."
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"Embody the character of the kingdom and it will manifest."
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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."
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"Integrity is the antithesis of compromise and the sworn enemy of comfort. It bases its decisions not on how much discomfort we might be able to avoid, but on how much we need to avoid the compromise of comfort."
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"Cooperation is doing with a smile what you have to do anyhow."
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"Your personal integrity, defined as being honest and having strong moral principles, communicates whether (or not) you can be trusted."
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"Failures make character, not success."
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"Words let you know what is in someone's mind, deeds let you know what is in someone's heart, and character lets you know what is in someone's soul."
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"The Dark Knight 2008, favourite character Joker always in the right face and showing all humans in one character. A character died from characters!"
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"Be as humble as Moses, as patient as Job, and as virtuous as Daniel."
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"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."
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"If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas."
Ideas
"Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer."
Books
"I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured out about her that's news and that's worth a reader's time."
Time
"It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering."
Awareness
"What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him."
Character
"Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities."
Being
"I don't consciously do anything to maintain a unique voice."
Voice
"I don't think the problem is that people don't read enough mystery books, but that people don't read."
People
"I think we did a great job of putting together a program that would have made good e-books available had people been buying e-books in any real numbers."
People
"Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to do to further your plot are things that such a person wouldn't, or couldn't, do."
Character
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