"I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense."

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Source : Live chat, cnn.com. May 13, 1999.

Ernest Gaines

#Believe Quotes #Character Quotes #Creating Quotes

“If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.”

Source : Source: www.complex.com
“When people have asked me in the past if I'm gay, I've said "I'm not gay, but I'm festive."”
“I try to look at the texts and say: Is there a way that I can find history in the texts and separate it from what may be the mythological elements, and I don't find any rules for that.”

Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
“That you prefer to rule through fear rather than justice? So sorry, Your Majesty, Iâ€™m afraid I already knew that about you.”
“As far as I'm concerned playing 'Dress Up' begins at the age of five, and never truly ends.”

Source : Kate Spade, Ruth A. Peltason, Julia E. Leach (2004). “Manners”, p.39, Simon and Schuster
“We've been pretty successful over the years, not necessarily adding series regulars, but just bringing long-term recurring characters. In my opinion, it's sort of like as life goes, you have people that come in and out of your life.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“Someone once wrote that musicians are touched on the shoulder by God, and I think it's true. You can make other people happy with music, but you can make yourself happy too. Because of my music, I have never known loneliness and never been depressed.”

Source : John Berendt (2010). “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”, p.106, Vintage
“Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him.”

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