“I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it. The one thing I insist on with my own writing is that I won't let magic solve my characters' real world problems. The solutions have to come from the characters themselves.” WorldWritingRealCharacterProblemGivenBitsMy OwnMagicOne ThingSolutionsSolveSettingSettingsReal WorldWorld Problems Author:Charles de Lint
“Even if I'd stayed [in the US to finish 'The Magnificent Ambersons'] I would've had to make compromises on the editing, but these would've been mine and not the fruit of confused and often semi-hysterical committees. If I had been there myself I would have found my own solutions and saved the pictures in a form which would have carried the stamp of my own effort.” IfsFormFoundMy OwnEffortMinesSolutionsFruitSavedCompromiseConfusedMagnificentEditingCommitteesStampsHysterical Author:Orson Welles
“Internal differences within the Nation of Islam forced me out of it. I did not leave of my own free will. But now that it has happened, I intend to make the most of it. Now that I have more independence of action, I intend to use a more flexible approach toward working with others to get a solution to this problem.” UseProblemActionNationsDifferencesMy OwnHappenedApproachSolutionsIndependenceIslamInternalsFree WillFlexibleWorking With OthersNation Of Islam Author:Malcolm X
“I'd learned how to lie and manipulate from an early age so a combination of that, desperation, having to have my own fridge and my umbilical cord back... I had to go out into the world. Then some angel somewhere said: "Have you considered going to drama school?" And this sounded like the solution to all of my problems.” WorldSaidProblemAgeSchoolLyingMy OwnDramaSolutionsAngelCombinationDesperationManipulateCordsFridgesUmbilical Cord Author:Tom Hardy