Suspense is worst than disappointment.

A woman is like whiskey. She evaporates a little over time, distilled by disappointments and grief. One can never predict if the angels will…

— Paula Wall

“He dusted off the shoulder tab and stared at it, so light in his hand, so inconsequential. It was hard to believe that a…

— Mark Mills

“There was an infinitesimal pause while he watched her face, as though he half expected her to recognise it, before he went on, 'My…

— Lee Wilkinson

I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos…

— Michael Shannon

“I appreciate the gesture, but you don't have to undress in order to apologize”

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

“If you behave as if you are all right, then one day you will be. You have to go through the motions of surviving…

— Nicci French

“...she had a new handbag to go with her new attitude.”

— Cara Marsi

My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and Hitchcock, on…

— Bruno Dumont

“If you believe it, is it real, or is it real because you believe it?”

— Virginia McKevitt

“Payne sought clarification. “Vertical or horizontal?” “Horizontal, of course.” “Sorry but I can’t help you.” “Will you pipe down for a minute? Naturally she…

— Ed Lynskey

“I’ll always come back to you,” he said. “Always.”

— Donna Grant

Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go…

— Rick Riordan

“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the…

— Charles Dickens

I believe that on any trip to heaven, there are always detours through hell.

— Richard Finney

“The truth is heavier than a sword.”

— Naiyem Chowdhury Rony