Audience Captivation Quotes

The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention.

You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images.

My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.

Semiotics is really interested in the questions like, what keeps you watching something, what keeps you - you know, what keeps you listening to a story on the radio? Like, what keeps you turning the pages in a book? What's the pleasure of it that's moving you forward, that's pulling you in and grabbing you and pulling you forward?

Audiences are always open to an interesting story.

If you don't have something that glues the audience to the screen, you're in trouble.

It's very difficult to have a successful series that can continue to capture and captivate an audience and keep people interested. Because the story, you've got to be able to continue to tell this story.

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.

I have to make sure, when you start seeing a film, you are going to see it until the end. I have to, of course, entertain you a little bit. The real question is how far do I go?

A theater person should know what holds an audience and what does not.

I am fascinated by storytelling glue. Anytime I see someone who's good at it, I stop and wonder, 'How'd they 'do this? Why can't I tear myself away?

My music, I hope, takes 100% of your concentration. I know how to do that.