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Synchronicity
Mar. 22nd, 2005 07:50 pmI've been discussing plot, characterization, life, the universe, and everything. It's interesting how certain things crop up again and again in close juxtapostion. Like Stephen King's On Writing, Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, and John LeCarre.
In the course of these discussions, I found a terrific, perfect, wonderful (etc.) quote.
"I knew what it was like, as he did, to be brought up by a man so oversized that your only resort as his child was to subterfuge and deceit."
This is from John LeCarre's intro to his novel, Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy. He was speaking of himself and Kim Philby (the highly-placed British spy who was revealed to be a Soviet plant).
But there's my character motivation for Draco in a nutshell.
Discuss. Extra credit will be given for additional pertinent LeCarre, King, or Lamott references.
In the course of these discussions, I found a terrific, perfect, wonderful (etc.) quote.
"I knew what it was like, as he did, to be brought up by a man so oversized that your only resort as his child was to subterfuge and deceit."
This is from John LeCarre's intro to his novel, Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy. He was speaking of himself and Kim Philby (the highly-placed British spy who was revealed to be a Soviet plant).
But there's my character motivation for Draco in a nutshell.
Discuss. Extra credit will be given for additional pertinent LeCarre, King, or Lamott references.
