“By mastering character and plot, you give your book a fighting chance and without
character and plot, no book can survive.”
Source: The Writer's Tune-up Manual: 35 Exercises That Will Scrape the Rust Off Your Writing
“In real life people do occasionally act out of character or do things we wouldn’t normally expect them to do. In fiction, there should be a good reason for a character to do something outside of the ordinary.”
Source: The Writer's Tune-up Manual: 35 Exercises That Will Scrape the Rust Off Your Writing
“When making the problem go away is more important than solving the problem leadership begins to fail. The easy way vs. The character way.”
Source: On Character and Mental Toughness
“It makes your buttocks ache walking on flat ground all the time.”
Source: A Tabernacle for the Sun
“Please please read. Everything and anything. You may not remember all of it, you may not remember any of it But from the fairytailes...to the sweeping soaring classics I hope you will one day discover for yourself, all those words--those lives and characters, ideas and ideals--will, without you realising, shape you and sometimes even shelter you. And it shall be as if you have lived a thousand lives.”
Source: Fe-mail 2
“My vengeance is my guilt”
Source: Metamorphoses
“A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.”
Source: We Need to Have a Word: Words of Wisdom, Courage and Patience for Work, Home and Everywhere
“Oh, I have always been proud, I always wanted all or nothing! You see it was just because I am not one who will accept half a happiness, but always wanted all”
Source: The Gentle Spirit
“Brother Row you could trust to make a long shot with a short bow. You could trust him to come out of a knife fight with somebody else's blood on his shirt. You could trust him to lie, to cheat, to steal, and to watch your back. You couldn't trust his eyes though. He had kind eyes, and you couldn't trust them.”
Source: Prince of Thorns
“The fact that God can bring character development and personal growth out of any situation is conditional on people's willingness to submit to God's will. God is sovereign over every life, but those who yield their will to him will be shaped according to his purposes. When God directs a life for his purposes, all of life is a school. No experience, good or bad, is ever wasted (Rom. 8:28). God doesn't squander people's time. He doesn't ignore their pain. He brings not only healing but growth out of even the worst experiences. Every relationship can be God's instrument to mature a person's character.”
Source: Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda