Edward Bond Quotes

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

There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.

Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.

In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen.

The idea of a rupture between acts occurs in a number of my plays.

You won't have a story unless you have conflict, which means if there's no conflict in a situation, people look for a way to make some.

Drama is all about the moment of ultimate conflict for a person.

There's conflict in every story.

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether you're playing a tender love story that's set in a coffee shop or whether you're in 'The Avengers,' which is set in a Manhattan which is exploding.

Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.

A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

At the heart of drama is conflict.

You can't get away from violence in drama. If you do not have conflict, you do not have drama.

At the heart of any drama, there's conflict. When you are acting, you get to play out the confrontations you want to have in real life but can't. Or the emotions that you would want to have in real life, but sometimes they are too difficult.

We tried to limit human versus human conflict only to those cases where it could be powerfully motivated and made completely believable.

In a confrontational situation, you'll get their gut. And I want their gut! And that's why people watch this show!

A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience.

When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.

Any kind of conflict draws me to a role.

I'm interested in conflict and confrontation.

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

Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life.

In each scene, the writer sets up a situation, which brings a conflict as well as either a small victory or a loss at the close of that particular scene.

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