"Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do."

-- John le Carre

#Thinking Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Balance Quotes

“Be careful about a policy generated with enthusiasm in the rush of a moment. It usually doesn't turn out well.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“The patient person accepts a certain amount of failure knowing that it is as important a thread in the fabric of life as is success. Great individuals make great successes out of failure.”
“I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I agree that we should work and prolong the functions of life as far as we can, and hope that Death may find me planting my cabbages, but indifferent to him and still more to the unfinished state of my garden.”
“Oh, but Paris isn’t for changing planes, it’s… it’s for changing your outlook, for… for throwing open the windows and letting in… letting in la vie en rose.”
“The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.”
“My interest is always to get as deeply as I can into the minds and spirits of the characters and let the readers empathize or judge as they will.”

Source : Source: threeguysonebook.com
“Developing a character with genuine depth requires a focus on not just desire but how the character deals with frustration of her desires, as well as her vulnerabilities, her secrets, and especially her contradictions. This development needs to be forged in scenes, the better to employ your intuition rather than your intellect.”

Source : "The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV". Book by David Corbett, January 29, 2013.

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