D. B. Sweeney Quotes

I've decided 'Breaking Bad' may be one of the best TV shows ever, but I had to watch every last episode of the first four seasons to come to that conclusion.

I love a really good storyline.

Well, I think storytellers have always found murder a fascinating device.

The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.

Baseball is the slow creation of something beautiful. It is the almost boringly paced accumulation of what seems slight or incidental into an opera of bracing suspense. The game will threaten never to end, until suddenly it forces you to marvel at how it came to be where it is and to wonder at how far it might go. It’s the drowsy metamorphosis of the dull into the indescribable.

Building and sustaining tension is always my priority, so home entertainment provides challenges to that.

I was doing 'Homeland' and read the first two episodes, and all I wanted was episode three to know what would happen next.

My earliest memories of going to Fenway with my father are a blur: many games, me too young to care, but aware that our team 'stunk.' In those years, the 1960s, the Red Sox baseball card I always coveted most was not Carl Yastrzemski's but the far more ordinary Felix Mantilla's.

I've gotten to visit all the parks and put my name inside the Fenway wall.

Having the games on TV, I've always believed it's like watching a soap opera - fans can't wait for the next episode.

There are other ways to create tension and drama than to have somebody stabbed through the back with a sword.

I've always wanted to see a game at Fenway.

The more films and TV shows I spoil for myself, the more I am convinced that truly interesting stories can't be ruined - the plot thickens with the viewing like a rich sauce.

I grew up watching Pedroia play.

I really don't care about plot. I really, really don't.

Procedurals are interesting to watch, but they're not as interesting to play because there isn't an opportunity to delve into any backstories. You're instead supporting the story week by week.

People don't come to the theatres to watch a kiss. It's the story that appeals to them.

There is pathos and drama in 'Half Girlfriend.'

I enjoy a good movie, no matter what the genre.

We need the villain sometimes. It makes for an interesting story.

We're moved by emotions and characters and stories. We love that.

I'm really bad writing the chase scenes or fighting scenes. I'm much better for writing, like, a more melancholic or tragic music.

Growing up, I was a big Red Sox fan and looked up to guys like Dustin Pedroia, who's obviously not the biggest guy, but the way he competes, the way he works, it was motivating for me.

I remember watching episodes of 'The Sopranos' and being filled with dread knowing what was coming or anticipating what was coming. I don't think that that's always a bad thing. I think sometimes the audience needs a little catharsis held away from them.

Everytime there's an NXT show, people are like, 'Oh, that's the greatest thing I've ever seen.' It's the greatest show on Earth. One of things that they have going for them is the fact they make you wait. They build to it properly. That's a good way to go at this.