The events inspired characters that truly existed, as well as fictitious people I had to invent. Sometimes the harsh reality was too much, too absurd. This was the case with the story of the cat who roamed from one trench to another and in the film ended up being imprisoned. In reality, the tom cat was accused of spying and was arrested by the French army, and then shot according to regulations.

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Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

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Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.

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I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come.

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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.

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Remember my name-- you'll be screaming it later.

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The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.

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Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. - Charles Spurgeon

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The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

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There is no greater pain than to remember, in our present grief, past happiness.

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