"A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Richard Schickel

#Character Quotes #Fate Quotes #Exercise Quotes

“What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.”
“To everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, go try it. If not, vote to give millions of the hardest-working people in America a raise,”
“A few fat files are better than a lot of thin ones.”
“I give NFL quarterbacks a lot of leeway for a couple of years,”
“I have great respect for Craig Lucas. I absolutely adore his sensibility.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“I have discovered that the unasked-for accident can be the salvation of what you are doing.”
“People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones.”
“I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.”

Source : "May Richard Parker be always at your side". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2002.

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