Audience Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

Besides, hysteria is only possible with an audience.

— Chuck Palahniuk

“…madness is not hysteria. It can be very quiet…”

— Anne Sexton

“Hysteria, hostility and fear are optional.”

— Manish Pawar

“The trouble with hysteria is that it's contagious.”

— Romain Gary

“There was hysteria in there, certainly, but there was also the exhaustion of someone who had managed, somehow, to believe several dozen impossible things…

— Neil Gaiman

Hysteria is something that I've been interested for a very long time. I thought I might have it, but it seems that it's unlikely.

— Siri Hustvedt

“Tragedy allowed the audience to experience intense, sometimes disturbing emotions that could not be experienced in real life without terrible cost.”

— Barry B. Powell

“Sanity, however, was so integral to his character that neither hysteria nor horror could long have their way with him.”

— Thomas M. Disch

“The theater of the absurd represented a contrast to realistic theater. Its aim was to show the lack of meaning in life in order…

— Jostein Gaarder

“Remember, your audience is aware of the realities, but they would like to hear it from you.”

— Virender Kapoor

“It is impossible to describe what is necessary, to those who do not know what horror means. You must make a friend of horror.”

— Col. Walter E. Kurtz

“You can't argue with insanity. You can stare at it, gaping and incredulous, but arguing with it is futile.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich