"The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict,……" — James Frey
"The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict, conflict, conflict."
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161 Quotes by James Frey
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Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place.
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For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of…
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The calm. If there is God or something Higher for me it is this. The calm. If there is something…
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I can run fast when I want to run fast, and I've always been good at destroying things.
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Ive never had any interest at all in being a journalist or writing some sort of historically accurate autobiography.
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I want a drink. I want fifty drinks. I want a bottle of the purest, strongest, most destructive, most poisonous…
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I just started trying to figure out how to write [something] which was unlike anything anybody had ever seen, and…
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If I was gonna write a book that was true, and I was gonna write a book that was honest,…
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You should at all times be showing a well-motivated character overcoming obstacles in pursuit of a goal.
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Most of the time, it's not the concept, but the execution of craft that counts.
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To write a damn good thriller, you need a killer attitude.
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Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction.
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More Conflict Quotes
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was…
— Karen Armstrong
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I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional…
— Alan Ball
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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
— James M. Barrie
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It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to…
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible…
— Andrew Bernstein
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
— Andrew Bernstein
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.
— Tony Blair
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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international…
— Tony Blair
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I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict…
— Emily Blunt
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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