
25 October 1941.
Disputed, (1941-1944) (published 1953)
Source: Snakehead
25 October 1941.
Disputed, (1941-1944) (published 1953)
“To set a forest on fire, you light a match. To set a character on fire, you put him in conflict.”
Source: How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
“If I have to start fires, to put out fires, then so be it.”
Film Quotes
“I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire.”
Source: Magic Bleeds
“To pull the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw.”
Tirer les marrons du feu avec la patte du chat.
L'Étourdi (1655), Act III, sc. v
Variant: Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Source: Jingo