Writing is hard work, and if anything’s true about the process, it’s that fact that a good story is hard to find and even trickier to get on paper.
ADAM JOHNSONWhat good’s a captive without her captor?
More Adam Johnson Quotes
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Conjure up all the strength you have and drive through whatever it is keeping you on your knees. Build up the strength and your knees may never buckle again!
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I thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books which cast a rare light on the elusive realm of North Korea.
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What’s less romantic than staring alone at a blank screen? And edgy? I’ve changed the cat little because I didn’t know what my characters were going to say next.
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That hungry enough, a person could consume the bright faces of violas, even the stems of dandelions and the bitter hips of roses?
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. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .
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All the human actions we think of as essential to a character – had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.
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I’d known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn’t be possible, since it’s illegal for them to speak with foreigners.
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A good story feels both surprising and inevitable, fresh and familiar.
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The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.
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All the lessons you need to learn in life, he said, will be taught to you by your enemy.
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Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings
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Life brings what it brings. I might be young but I’ve learnt this: prepare for each blind corner with your strongest shoulder dropped, ready to smash through whatever is thrown at you next.
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But people do things to survive, and then after they survive, they can’t live with what they’ve done.
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I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self.
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The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.
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