"It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice"

-- Colleen McCullough

#Character Quotes #Voice Quotes #Giving Quotes

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”

Source : Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, on June 07, 1945. "Patton, ordeal and triumph". Book by Ladislas Farago, 1963.
“Accident is as much a part of fiction as anything else, symbolic of the grace that, along with will, conspires to put words on the page.”
“Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.”

Source : "A man who won't forget Ray Bradbury" by Neil Gaiman, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2012.
“The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.”
“I've had to grow up with everyone watching me, which has been hard.”
“The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.”
“I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands.”
“In the beginning it wasn't bodybuilding competition that motivated me, it was just getting muscles and getting big. And certainly it has evolved for me since then. I think I'm still evolving.”

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