Approach Quote by Jonathan Dee

“The don't-ask-don't-tell approach to plot and character that 'The Hurt Locker' relies on to set itself in motion doesn't offend me politically. It offends me as a storyteller.”

Jonathan Dee

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You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind.

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That's a long way of saying no, I'm always too bound up in thinking about the characters in whatever I'm working on and trying…

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“That mysterious foreknowledge of my success in life was sweeter to me than the success itselt.”

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That's really the essence of what any fiction writer does. Some of it is research-based, but most of it is a really long-term, imaginative,…

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