"The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in."

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Source : Elmore Leonard (2007). “Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing”, William Morrow

Elmore Leonard

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“The best poems take long journeys. I like poetry best that journeys--while remaining in the human scale--to the other world, which may be a place as easily overlooked as a bee's wing”
“You must remember what you are and what you have chosen to become, and the significance of what you are doing. There are wars and defeats and victories of the human race that are not military and that are not recorded in the annals of history. Remember that while you're trying to decide what to do.”

Source : John Edward Williams (1965). “Stoner: A Novel”
“Homosexuals reject the process of healing because it's too painful and time-consuming.”
“Digital has really achieved a certain image quality for capture. There's also the way we view and exhibit films. It really touches all aspects of cinema.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“There's no possibility for vitality in the church without fidelity to the gospels. If you look at the Churches throughout the world, throughout the Western world, where radical reform has been attempted, the Church has collapsed and almost disappeared. The vitality in the Church, the young people who are here in their tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands possibly, young people who belong, who adhere strongly to the central tradition of Christ and the Church.”

Source : Source: www.sbs.com.au
“Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world.”
“Well I'm a longtime AOL subscriber and I love the whole thing. I'm an email junkie and I love the internet, though 7th Heaven doesn't give me much free time to surf these days.”
“So my dad raised me, and he's a huge football fan.”

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