Quotes about "War & Peace"

There are a couple of strategies for writing about an absence or writing about a loss. One can create the person that was lost, develop the character of the fiancee. There's another strategy that one can employ, maybe riskier... Make the reader suffer the loss of the character in a more literal way. ”

There's something about a supernatural universe that you would think would actually make it easier to create tension and build conflict and have big scares and big ideas and big sequences. And that's true in a lot of ways. You can pick the best idea out of a hat. ”

I always talk about Meredith and Derrick from 'Grey's Anatomy,' and I loved them the most when they sort of opened and closed each episode with them in bed, happy with each other, and you didn't need to insert extra conflict into them, because there was plenty of conflict in the show. So they were this port in the storm of conflict. ”

I'm 9, 10, and I'm watching the Apollo astronauts go to the moon. We're sitting on the floor of a school, and they have this... huge TV, and I'm looking at that, and I'm thinking 'Me, I would like to do that.' But it didn't dawn on me then that they were American; I was Canadian. They were men; I was a girl. They were test pilots, military folks. ”

That which does not kill me makes me stronger' is not a law of the universe. What it can be, if we so choose, is a resolution. ”

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends. ”

I just thought 'Blue' was a great premise and a great set-up for conflict. I love the idea of exploring a character who's living a secret life and is going to drown in the lies she's telling. ”

Co-founders shouldn't excel in the same areas - it's inefficient and will inevitably lead to conflicts down the road. ”

In fragile and conflict-affected states, education can insulate children from chaos and insecurity and better prepare them to bring about future stability. ”

When conflicts end non-violently, it's more likely that the result will be longer-lasting, democratic societies. ”