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I Think Any Period In History Can Be Adapted Into Interesting Fiction, As Long As You Approach The Actual History With Respect.

If A Novelist Has Created Vivid Characters, Interesting Relationships, Settings The Reader Can Easily Imagine, And Intriguing Stories, A Screenwriter Has Loads To Work With. The Challenge Comes With Deciding What To Cut And What To Keep.

Real Power... Comes Not From Hate, But From Truth.

He Begged To Know To Which Of His Fair Cousins The Excellency Of Its Cookery Was Owing. Briefly Forgetting Her Manners, Mary Grabbed Her Fork And Leapt From Her Chair Onto The Table. Lydia, Who Was Seated Nearest Her, Grabbed Her Ankle Before She Could Dive At Mr. Collins And, Presumably, Stab Him About The Head And Neck For Such An Insult.

So I Grew Up In A Very Book-friendly Environment And My Education As A Writer Was Reading. I Think That's The Best Education. Reading, And Taking From The People I Admired.