“Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.”

“Character, like film, develops in darkness.”

“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~”

“Pleasures are like photographs: in the presence of the person we love, we take only negatives, which we develop later, at home, when we have at our disposal once more our inner dark room, the door of which it is strictly forbidden to open while others are present.”

“Talent develops in solitude, character develops in the stream of life.”

“If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.”

“Responsibility leads to development of character.”