Captivating Dialogue Quotes

A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.

Master storytellers like Jeffrey Archer and Arthur Hailey use simple language. But they manage to grab the attention of the readers right from page one. I'll consider myself a good storyteller the day people believe it's OK to be late for work or postpone deadlines just to finish reading my book.

Any time you can build jokes around a story that resonates on an emotional level, it is going to have a big impact.

I had such an amazing experience on 'The Pillowman' that it was hard to think what else is going to live up to that.

'Sound of My Voice' is an amazing film. Small, simple, yet incredibly thought provoking.

Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.

As a viewer, I love watching movies. There has to be an emotional connection.

I just saw the movie for the first time in its entirely last night. It's really cool when you're in with an audience that's so tuned in and plugged in to what's going on.

Cinema has to move people.

My stupid ambition is to make a film that's not like any other - one that has its own kind of logic and hooks viewers without making them think too much. It's a film I'd love to see, one in which after 10 minutes the audience isn't able to predict the whole thing.

Every movie has three things you have to do - you have to have a compelling story that keeps people on the edge of their seats; you have to populate that story with memorable and appealing characters; and you have to put that story and those characters in a believable world. Those three things are so vitally important.

When art in general, and film in particular, succeeds is when it pulls you away onto a voyage. Then it's a good film.

I'm very confident that Nick Hornby always gets it right as a writer. He has the vernacular and passion. He is adroit and dry, and balances humor with the humanity of life.

A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.

The first rule is you have to create a reality that makes the reader want to come back and see what happens next. The way I tried to do it, I'd create characters that the reader could instantly recognize, and hopefully bond with, and put them through situations that keep the reader on the edge of their seat.

When an actor constructs reality, it has to be riveting and entertaining. There has to be an emotional connect with the audience.

That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.

I've seen 'True Detective' end-to-end at least three times; I'll probably see it again. It is a work of dark brilliance. But if the phone goes fifteen minutes from the end of that last episode, I'll likely turn it off and go make coffee when I'm done with the call.

A film sells feelings.

Good talkers are people who use interesting language and have a lot of energy in speech and who also listen.

I greatly admire how the essence of Nitesh Tiwari's films resonate with you long after you've left the theatre.

Movies have these transcendent moments where everything is just right, from the dialogue to the music to the lighting to the narrative context; everything is just perfect, and something magical happens - the film breaks through the screen and does something to you.

Sometimes you're reading something, and you don't know it will be important in your life. You're reading this script, and you start to get involved. It's not an intellectual experience.

It is rare that you read scripts that genuinely move you and make you feel that, regardless of the commercial possibilities, you have to make the film.

If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This isn't just social commentary. This is also about writing good page-turners. I want people to keep reading.