"To create tension, dialogue needs to be stretched out. That is, characters should not be immediately responsive."

-- Sol Stein

#Character Quotes #Writing Quotes #Needs Quotes

“He wanted to tell her that he was inspired and vigilant and recklessly alone, that his body contained his unsteady heart and something else, something he felt but could not describe: porous and spiky, shifting with flecks of thought, with urge and memory; salted with brightness, flickerings of white and green and pale gold; something that loved stars because it was made of the same substance.”
“Chin up, donâ€™t smile, donâ€™t cry, donâ€™t fall, walk.”
“The path to enlightenment is really very simple - all we need to do is stop cherishing ourself and learn to cherish others. All other spiritual realisations will naturally follow from this.”
“Lo! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand. Secure, insensible.”
“We are learning that the earth functions like an invisible organism. We are the various cells of one living being. Those who work to save the earth are its antibodies.”
“In the 2000 election, George W. Bush, who had shirked military service, succeeded in presenting himself as more reliable on national security than Al Gore.”
“I am confident there is a cause for everyone. Think of how you can contribute; we all have different skills.”
“Everything has a sort of double meaning for me, there's the ordinary everyday meaning of things, and the imaginary meaning about it all, and I wanted to bring these things together, and in this first big Resurrection of mine you have a good example of this sort of thing.”

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