“I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.” IfsFeelsI CanRealMatterCharacterActionInterestingReaderKingsRegardMeetingsQueensPlotCompelledTwistsMeeting SomeonePlot Twists Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“This morning President Obama met with Britain's Prince William in the Oval Office. It was a meeting between a symbolic ruler with no real power and the future king of England.” RealPresidentMorningKingsMetsOfficeEnglandMeetingsBritainPresident ObamaRulersSymbolicReal PowerOval Author:Conan O'Brien
“My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And I had the privilege of meeting them both.” MenTwoAchieveKingsHeroMeetingsPrivilegeAll TimeDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Monte Irvin
“After the '57 initial meeting - I was up this way working, not as a staff person - there became the need for a much more definite organized office. What you'd had prior to that time were these big meetings in different places, and there was nobody to pull anything together. Everything was left to [Martin Luther] King and the group that was around him.” WayNeedsPersonsDifferentBigsTogetherLeftGroupsKingsOfficeMeetingsOrganizedStaffDefiniteInitialsLutherDifferent Place Author:Ella Baker