J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

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

The bad guys are the best parts.

People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater.

I like having a plot; I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.

We like drama. Even in our comedy, we like drama.

You have to go to the ultimate situation in drama.

I seem to gravitate toward the dark side of things when it comes to directing. I love action, but I love the drama as well.

I love a really good storyline.

Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy.

I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark.

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.

We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.

Tension is the cornerstone of any good story.

I like a drama.

I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.

You're writing about young, vibrant people; there are wins and losses. In other words, it's great drama.

I think that I am interested in the resonance between character drama and high stakes, either situational or political or social or other kind of elevated drama, and I tend to find that those things combust.

I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story.

I'm just drawn to something that has a good story. 'Outcasts' didn't do so well, but I really admired the premise behind the show.

I love a bit of drama.

Audiences are always open to an interesting story.

For me, drama is conflict.

For me, making a lot of dramas on one side it's a different sort of challenge, and on the other, it's not a challenge at all, meaning that my goal is to try and bring the realism and acting you might find in a straight drama with the intentions and conflict, where it doesn't feel tongue-in-cheek, but rather committed and real.