#tory

I am bitterly opposed to my country entering the war, but if, notwithstanding my opposition, we do enter it, all of my energy and all of my power will be behind our flag in carrying it on to victory. ↗

— George William Norris

#behind #bitterly #carrying #country #energy

I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do. ↗

— Oliver North

#another #i #i do #much #person

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one. ↗

— Oliver North

#america #been #ever #haven #i

Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story. ↗

— Oliver North

#compromised #create #draw #excitement #exciting

Writers are storytellers. So are readers. ↗

— Oliver North

#storytellers #writers

I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#audience #disappear #energy #first #first thing

Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of storytelling. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#any #fiction #heart #job #kind

Victory belong to the most persevering. ↗

— Andre Norton

#most #persevering #victory

All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's fun because it's hard. ↗

— Edward Norton

#because #characters #contradictory #easily #fun

In drama, I think, the audience is a willing participant. It's suspending a certain kind of disbelief to try to get something out of a story. ↗

— Edward Norton

#certain #disbelief #drama #get #i