You are so intense. Like a storm. It's shocking how…

“What can I do?” his gaze on me was intense, like I was some sort of love guru or something. I almost laughed out…

— Katrina Abbott

This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it.

— Paul Giamatti

When we started, it was so intense: it was like a religion. And when you played with Duane Allman, you either gave it your…

— Butch Trucks

“His eyes were slitted and intense, like he might need to have sex at any moment.”

— Veronica Wolff

I think I like the extremes, I like stuff that's hardcore and intense, I like stuff that's really light and beautiful.

— Josh Freese

Sleeping in Eden is intense and absorbing from the very first page. Written in lovely prose, two seemingly different storylines collide in a shocking…

— Heather Gudenkauf

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of…

— Francesca Lia Block

I remember being a teenager and having a boyfriend - this guy I thought I was way better than, and completely out of his…

— Jessica Chastain

You don't always get to send your regards, or anything. You're just gone. That's the way it is. It's shocking and it's over and…

— Michael McElhatton

With Katrina, it's almost like the sequel that doesn't live up to the original. It's certainly a shocking event and a tragedy, but somehow…

— Gilbert Gottfried

When it gets difficult is often right before you succeed.

— Jeffrey Walker

Tell people what specific action to take.

— Jay Abraham

“In some circles, to not have seen The Wire had become a shocking breach of social protocol.”

— Brett Martin

It's shocking when someone who is really bad thinks they're really good. It's heartbreaking, because singing is such a vulnerable thing to do.

— Anna Camp

Becoming famous is a really shocking thing, especially when you don't have aspirations to it. It got to the point where I would try…

— Alison Moyet