Stephen Sondheim Quotes

I think that in order for anything to work on television, you have to have conflict. Nothing can be too happy or it's boring. People don't want to watch that - they want to watch things that are exciting and dangerous and sexy and have tension.

I like doing thrillers.

For the things that I've been involved in, most of it has really been - it's been a mixture of action and then drama.

If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.

Life is weird, great and dangerous.

I'd love to make a thriller.

What I find interesting about Captain Action is that he is more an adventurer and spy than he is a soldier.

I've fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.

Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

The general effect of viewing 'Jumanji' is thrilling. I was able to see on film a thing that at one point had only existed in my imagination. I got to see the images from my book come alive.

What attracted me to 'The Maze Runner' is its pure action.

'Scorpion' has so much humor and so much heart and a great deal of action.

I think, primarily, we love spy thrillers, and I think, instinctively, we love the tension that those thrillers can bring.

The way I view drama is life with the boring bits taken out.

As a man, you think, 'Hey, man, I want to be like Bond or Tintin.'

Ben yanked Hi sideways as spikes snapped from the wall…Once again, only Ben’s reflexes had saved him. “Please stop doing that!” Ben barked. “Please keep doing that!” Hi warbled.

When I read the scripts, I'm always so excited to see what's going to happen because it's unpredictable.

What I love is that 'Game of Thrones' is always up for surprises.

There has to be an element of danger, or at least an element of intrigue, for a band to be interesting.

At the end of the day, people like drama - if everything is great, no one wants to hear about that.

Gansey threw open his door. Gripping the roof of the car, he slid himself out. Even that gesture, Ronan noted, was wild-Gansey, Gansey-on-fire. Like he pulled himself from the car because ordinary climbing out was too slow. This was going to be a night.

Running the big rapids is like sex: half the fun lies in the anticipation. Two thirds of the thrill with the approach. The remainder is only ecstasy-or darkness.

Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is one of the best chase-and-escape novels you’ll read this year-or any other year. The pace never lets up.

Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.