“Character, like film, develops in darkness.”

“Character, like a photograph, 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.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~”

“The greatest minds are like film, they take the negatives and develop themselves in darkness...”

“When we travel, we are like a film at the moment of exposure; it is memory that will develop it.”

“Books act like a developing fluid on film. That is, they bring into consciousness what you didn’t know you knew.”

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