Art and Literature
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tiny.ag/2drhezti · ★★☆☆ Fair (881 ratings) · submitted 1997
If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.
Anton Chekhov, (advice to a novice playwright), in Art and Literature
tiny.ag/1ucvbvaf · ★★☆☆ Fair (911 ratings) · submitted 1997
No sane man will dance.
tiny.ag/nsr67v4t · ★★☆☆ Fair (944 ratings) · submitted 1997
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
tiny.ag/i0nu42ok · ★★☆☆ Fair (1224 ratings) · submitted 1997
The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense.
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