--- title: "4 Jerome Stern Quotes" description: "Jerome Storm was an American film director, actor, and writer. He acted in 48 films between 1914 and 1941 and directed 47 films between 1918 and 1932. H..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/jerome-stern-73990_atmosphere_if-the-atmosphere-is-to-be-foreboding-yo_909517.jpg" --- # Jerome Stern **4** quotes in **47** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jerome Storm was an American film director, actor, and writer. He acted in 48 films between 1914 and 1941 and directed 47 films between 1918 and 1932. He was born in Denver, Colorado, and died in Desert Hot Springs, California. ## Quotes by Jerome Stern > [If the atmosphere is to be foreboding, you must forebode on every page. If it is to be cold, you must chill,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-stern/if-the-atmosphere-is-to-be-foreboding-you-must-forebode-on-every-page/) Jerome Stern [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/jerome-stern-73990_atmosphere_if-the-atmosphere-is-to-be-foreboding-yo_909517.jpg) > [Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouse buttons, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-stern/dialogue-is-not-just-quotation-it-is-grimaces-pauses-adjustments-of/) Jerome Stern [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/jerome-stern-73990_adjustment_dialogue-is-not-just-quotation-it-is-gri_1658949.jpg) > [When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-stern/when-writers-are-self-conscious-about-themselves-as-writers-they/) Jerome Stern [Anguish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anguish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/jerome-stern-73990_anguish_when-writers-are-self-conscious-about-th_2136599.jpg) > [“Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouses, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs. When people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-stern/dialogue-is-not-just-quotation-it-is-grimaces-pauses-adjustments-of-2/) Jerome Stern [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/jerome-stern-73990_communication_dialogue-is-not-just-quotation-it-is-gri_2777331.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-stern/#itemlist", "name": "Jerome Stern Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the atmosphere is to be foreboding, you must forebode on every page. 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