Noah Baumbach Quotes

I'm not about the drama.

I don't want any drama.

Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?

I just can't relax. That's my problem.

Drama seems to kind of surround me.

We all need to relax more, but I don't find it easy.

It's very hard for me to relax.

Oh, who am I trying to kid? It's a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It's nuts. You know, I can't be a part of it.

Some people might say I need to learn how to relax.

I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

My favorite thing to write is people under pressure in high-stakes circumstances.

Sometimes, there is not a lot of pressure, so you can relax.

There's no pressure on me, really. I just want to play football.

The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

I think that acting can be a very pressurized existence. So when I'm not working, I spend very loose and unpressurized time and I like to meet people who have a similar attitude.

She was a stirrer of the pot, a lover of intrigue and distress, a creature who seemed to draw oxygen from the spectacle of people at each other's throat, everybody in a state of upset and talking about her.

He knows that it is impossible to live in a state of complete relaxation.

Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun.

Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man hadn’t died of a heart attack. Instead he seemed to thrive on disaster and finding people seated in the wrong places.

Many people try to avoid pressure, yet the absence of any tension or pressure usually creates a sense of boredom and the lackluster experience of life that so many people complain about.

There's very few people, who really thrive creatively under great stress and conflict.

What I always look for is someone that really knew how to lean up against a bar, get a drink, sit on a barstool. When people are in bars they're relaxed. No real right angles - it's slow moves, it's slow conversations. You can tell a loud joke, but everyone's very relaxed. I never would pick somebody nervous or twitchy. If I found guys with beards, I'd ask them, don't trim the edges, don't go in and manicure yourself up. I always look for people that look like they're comfortable in their own skin, that wouldn't feel like it was the first time they were ever in a bar.

Peace will come With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall.

All good dramas are rife with conflicts, and the conflicts have to be resolved. What I think is so great about a show that takes place in a hospital is that you have so many different people with different needs. Sometimes all those can be in conflict. The drama of Heartland also comes from the group of people waiting, and they are sometimes agonizingly waiting for a new organ for their body in order to survive. So the show is so much about survival, which creates a sense of urgency to get the organs. I think that sense of urgency is probably the most prominent dramatic quality to the show.

You’re still waiting for the running and the screaming, aren’t you?