"Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them."

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Source : "Alan Furst travels through the spy-ridden 'Shadows' of Europe" by Adam Dunn, www.cnn.com. January 19, 2001.

Alan Furst

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes

“We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.”
“These are the days of miracle and wonder.”

Source : Song: The Boy in the Bubble
“I can't spend my whole day talking to people.”

Source : Source: realterrorist.wordpress.com
“Even if there were no illegal copying, the advent of digital distribution will put a lot of stress on the movie and music industry. When the distribution costs comes down, that puts more price pressure on the rest of the cost.”
“I grew up with 'Jane Eyre,' reading it at school, and it's one of those, I think, for a lot of women, a lot of girls, it's the iconic story and so many girls relate to Jane Eyre and her character.”
“One thing about these storms, we know how disruptive things can be when we depend on the system to keep working. What would happen if the terrorists do it? Knock down the power, destroy bridges, cut the water supply?”
“You know, what I didn't know was how many people in the tech world the original movie had such an impression on. That's really interesting to me because a lot of the people who created this technological revolution that we're all living through were kids when Tron came out, and they saw Tron and it impacted them.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Life doesn't happen along interstates. It's against the law.”

Source : William Least Heat-Moon (2012). “Blue Highways: A Journey into America”, p.15, Hachette UK

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