Famous quotes containing the words external and/or speech:
“No real “vital” character in fiction is altogether a conscious construction of the author. On the contrary, it may be a sort of parasitic growth upon the author’s personality, developing by internal necessity as much as by external addition.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)