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Quote by Kathleen R Fischer

“One of the greatest human longings is to be close to someone.”

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Kathleen R Fischer is an American author born in 1940. Her works span a variety of fields, including history, literature, and philosophy. Fischer is known for her in-depth research and clear articulation of complex themes. more

“In a musically imperfect world, there is still perfection in the voice of Barbara Cook. For anyone eulogizing the historic scores of a long-lost era of Broadway greatness, not to worry. Somebody is still singing them with purity and passion. She is Barbara Cook, and she sings them for the angels to applaud.”

World Long Stills Passion Lost Voice Worry Greatness Singing Angel Perfection Eras Cooks Purity Score Imperfect Broadway Historic Barbara A Perfect World Imperfect World

Author:Rex Reed

“Try to make the time frame the minimum the story will permit.”

Trying Stories Permit Minimum

Author:Ring Lardner, Jr.

“Don't have too much story for the time you have.”

Stories Too Much

Author:Tom Rickman

“In dramatic writing, the very essence is character change. The character at the end is not the same as he was at the beginning. He's changed-psychologically, maybe even physically.”

Writing Ends Character Changed Essence Dramatic Character Change Dramatic Writing

Author:Robert Towne

“The best thing that can happen is for the theme to be nice and clear from the beginning.”

Happens Clear Nice Best Things Theme Being Nice

Author:Paddy Chayefsky

“The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be disjointed and disturbed. For a thing whose presence or absence makes no visible difference is not an organic part of the whole.”

Ifs Whole Differences Unity Absence Visible

Book:The Essential Aristotle

Source: The Essential Aristotle

“One of the tricks is to have the exposition conveyed in a scene of conflict, so that a character is forced to say things you want the audience to know - as, for example, if he is defending himself against somebody's attack, his words of defense seem Justified even though his words are actually expository words. Something appears to be happening, so the audience believes it is witnessing a scene (which it is), not listening to expository speeches. Humor is another way of getting exposition across.”

Ifs Knows Way Want Believe Character Seems Audience Example Listening Scene Conflict Speech Happenings Defense Tricks Justified Another Way

Author:Ernest Lehman

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