It is often interesting, in retrospect, to consider the trifling causes that lead to great events. A chance encounter, a thoughtless remark… — Patricia Moyes Copy Share Image
When the healthy nature of man acts as a whole, when he feels himself to be in the world as in a… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
On the earth, satellite of a star speeding through space, living things had arisen under the influence of conditions which were part… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
If you take a big epic novel and you shoot it, when you get to the editing room you notice that it… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
At the beginning of June 1944, the war was reaching a climax. German troops had been brutalised by the savagery of the… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
Live each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Scraps of memory: this is not how a climax should be written. A climax should surge towards its Himalayan peak; but I… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing... My… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Tonality itself - with its process of instilling expectations and subsequently withholding promised fulfillment until climax - is the principal musical means… — Susan McClary Copy Share Image
Plotting isn't like sex, because you can go back and adjust it afterwards. Whether you plan your story beforehand or not, if… — Colin Greenland Copy Share Image
Cornering is like bringing a woman to a climax. Both you and the car must work together. You start to enter the… — Jackie Stewart Copy Share Image
The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. It is the most grievous sentence of the three, but it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes. It's a crummy secret, about one… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
When women can't climax, it's our fault, but when we can't get an erection, we have to go to the doctor. — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The more time you invest in something, potentially, the deeper the emotional impact of the climax. It's true of relationships, too. — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
As for Hitler, his professed religion unhesitatingly juxtaposed the God-Providence and Valhalla. Actually his god was an argument at a political meeting… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I meditated on love and reasoned it out. I realized what is wrong with us. Men fall in love for the first… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
Sometimes you look at a painting and certain parts are so beautiful. You say, "Wow, this is fantastic," but 10 minutes later… — Michael Chow Copy Share Image
In September 1993, President Clinton presided over a handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The longer an event is anticipated-a milestone birthday, an eclipse, a new millennium-the more likely it is to be an anti-climax. — Keith Waterhouse Copy Share Image
