Anton Chekhov Quotes About Wall
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If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.
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A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings.
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An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket.
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If there's a gun on the wall in act one, scene one, you must fire the gun by act three, scene two. If you fire a gun in act three, scene two, you must see the gun on the wall in act one, scene one.
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If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.
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If you look at anything long enough, say just that wall in front of you - it will come out of that wall.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying . . . one must ruthlessly suppress everything that is not concerned with the subject. If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on the wall, you should make quite sure that it is going to be used further on in the story.
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If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.
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