Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's…

Making scary movies and creating tension is very technical and it require a lot of coverage. It requires the stretching of time.

— Franck Khalfoun

“That means that a good melody moves away from the harmonic center of the music, building tension, and then moves back in some interesting…

— Nicolas Carter

“Silence fueled anxieties, gave them their true power. Expressing them aloud was a way of releasing that tension, of letting go, if only for…

— James Rollins

Saying 'Fuck It' is like massage for the mind - relaxing you, releasing tension, giving up on things that aren't working.

— John C Parkin

Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all…

— David Sanborn

Maybe what life needs is a good soundtrack, especially during the long stretches when nothing interesting is being said. A soundtrack might dignify things…

— Jonathan Hull

I was a 23-year-old law student when I won the 'Great British Bake Off' in 2012. For 10 weeks I had balanced my degree…

— John Whaite

As a social and as a personal force, religion has become a dependent variable. It does not originate; it reacts. It does not denounce;…

— C. Wright Mills

It's got to do with the contention between content and form. Invariably that's what's responsible for its energies, its tensions, its being interesting or…

— Garry Winogrand

Anyone can do shock value. Develop enough tension and cue the music right, then have something jump out: It's almost impossible not to jump…

— Daniel Myrick

I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make…

— Brian Evenson

During the periods when South Korea played a more active role, the inter-Korean relationship was more peaceful, and there was less tension between the…

— Moon Jae-in

In this other dimension I feel tension surrounding my every move. You and I are together at last. We are captive in our own…

— London Elektricity

On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -…

— Alan Alda

I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening…

— Rae Armantrout