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"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."
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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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"Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer."
Books
"Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities."
Being
"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
"Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry."
Work
"There are days when I intentionally don't write. For instance, I never write when I'm traveling, because travel is a situation where I can learn more by looking and listening than by working."
Travel
"I do hope to bring Jane Whitefield back before too long."
Hope
"I do like to explore evil characters in my books."
Books
"I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it."
Fiction
"All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice."
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