You can figure out what the villain fears by his choice of weapons.
You are my country, Desdemona. ... My Egypt. My hot, harrowing desert and my cool, verdant Nile, infinitely lovely and unfathomable and sustaining.
Give me a strong back, over a soft heart.
And enigmatic smile is worth ten pages of dialog.
Find out what people want to do, then tell them to do it. They'll think you're a genius.
No one ever fell in love gracefully.