Some of the writers I admire who seem very very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving too much of themselves away. Lorrie Moore comes to mind as does David Sedaris. When they write the reader thinks that they're being trusted as a friend.
I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the attraction obviously but I also think it's important to show the characters having actual conversations about things other than their feelings for each other - and to develop their friendship on the page.
I am proud to represent these men and women who empower people in developing nations and promote the Peace Corps mission of peace and friendship. These volunteers are making major strides to improve the lives of people and communities around the world.
And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.
At the beginning of the new century it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding enhance trust develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.
China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.
Without economic development any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.
In the free/libre software movement we develop software that respects users' freedom so we and you can escape from software that doesn't.
Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.