"From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge."

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Joseph Boyden

#Challenges Quotes #Stories Quotes #Crafts Quotes

“80 percent of the balls that don't reach the hole, don't go in.”
“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.”
“I'm willin' for any solution - religious, political. I'm not going to keep offerin' to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. It indicates a weakness on our part.”
“Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.”
“There is no excellence anywhere without labor. We would think a man foolish indeed who would say, "I am willing that my business should prosper, or that my farm should yield plentifully, but I'll not stir a peg." But he is no more foolish than the man who says, "I am willing that God should bless me abundantly, but I shall not do anything toward that end myself." We must consistently rely upon the help of the Lord, but we will not make any progress or meet with any success unless we put forth an earnest effort.”
“I want to be up front racing.”
“If you start to see more successful businesses that are playing on a global level, the story of Africa will begin to change”
“But when I do get recognized, I get recognized usually for 'Firefly.”

Source : "‘Firefly’: Sean Maher wants Whedon to make ‘Serenity’ sequel". "Hero Complex" with Noelene Clark, herocomplex.latimes.com. November 09, 2012.

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