Adam Langer Quotes
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It's really about, oh come on, this guy wouldn't say that or he wouldn't do that, you know, it's about the characters, about the story, about the situation.
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The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way, now it's going to go that way. It has to do that. If it's predictable, it's just boring.
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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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Hope is not a matter of age.
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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Reading a Lydia Davis story collection is like reaching into what you think is a bag of potato chips and pulling out something else entirely: a gherkin, a pepper corn, a truffle, a piece of beef jerky.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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I'd love my children no matter what.
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Kabir Khan is that rare director who manages to merge Bollywood formula with a good story.
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.
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Certain of Poe's tales possess an almost absolute perfection of artistic form which makes them veritable beacon-lights in the province of the short story.
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A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense that there are hinges that the reader doesn't see.
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I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.
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My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.
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What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.
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There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'
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I work out, and I try to stay active and fit so I can enjoy certain foods that I like to eat. I try to keep everything in moderation. I used to be insane about it.
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The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated.
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The story's what matters; spelling's overrated.
