A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're…

A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the…

— David Maraniss

At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a beginning, middle,…

— Julia Bacha

When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun.

— Bellamy Young

People tend to think of their lives as having a dramatic arc, because they read too much fiction.

— Will Self

I think the struggle, whenever you make a film or television movie based on a real person's life, is finding a dramatic arc that…

— Ted Danson

You're creating a score that has to have an emotional and story logic to it. You want a dramatic arc. You want all the…

— Alan Menken

I think it helped that 'Fleabag' had such a dramatic arc to it, even though it was disguised as a comedy.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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— Deb Volberg

“They could never quite reconcile themselves to the idea that our lives don't follow the dramatic arc that a good author gives to a…

— Ian Caldwell

Better to dare mighty things and fail than to live in a grey twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.

— Winston Churchill

If you're unwilling to try new things and to fail and learn, you don't have a shot. That doesn't mean you are going to…

— Edward Lampert

Virtually all success depends on trying things that fail.

— Rhonda Abrams

The saddest things we fail at are fun things we never get to do, so in your busy day be sure to plan fun…

— Wes Fesler

“I try things and fail at them all the time. It's called living with no regrets.”

— Christi Barth