Alterations Quote by James Toback

People tend to think of their lives as having a dramatic arc, because they read too much fiction.

— Will Self

I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because peoples lives dont have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying.

— Bill Condon

Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because people's lives don't have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying.

— Bill Condon

It's a challenge to express real life in dramatic terms. In an entirely "made-up" story, you are sometimes overwhelmed by the infinite possibilities.

— Daniel Clowes

I'm not a dramatic person.

— G Flip

Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality.

— Eugene Ionesco

There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of…

— Tom Stoppard

I'm a quite dramatic person.

— Jessica Barden

Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form.

— Allen Tate

Drama is not a literal portrayal of events. It's a depiction, it's impressionistic.

— Chris Chibnall