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Its hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they dont.
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"It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert"

- Neil Jordan

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This quote by Neil Jordan speaks to the trouble of developing characters that come to life on the page. It is an obstacle to make characters that readers can get in touch with which feel real. Jordan suggests that either characters come to life or they do not, and that he has actually written numerous stories in which the characters stay inert. This recommends that he has experienced problem in developing characters that readers can associate with and that have a life of their own. It is a difficult task to make characters that readers can get in touch with which feel real, and it is a challenge that all writers deal with. Jordan's quote speaks to the difficulty of producing characters that come to life on the page, and it is a pointer of the difficulty that all writers deal with when developing characters that readers can associate with.

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Ireland Flag This quote is written / told by Neil Jordan somewhere between February 25, 1950 and today. He/she was a famous Director from Ireland. The author also have 29 other quotes.

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