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Stories Quotes by Len Wein
- You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning,…
- Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I…
- If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong.
- What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.
- People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake…
- It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working…
- Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished…
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- As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison,… — Julian Assange
- In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I… — Chinua Achebe