Anxious Quote by Joseph Addison

“Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods.”

— Joseph Addison

“It is a dreadful thing to wait and watch for the approach of death; to know that hope is gone, and recovery impossible; and…

— Charles Dickens

“All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots. Political plots, terrorist plots, lovers’ plots, narrative plots, plots that are part…

— Don DeLillo

Plots may be simple or complex, but suspense, and climactic progress from one incident to another, are essential. Every incident in a fictional work…

— H. P. Lovecraft

And the great appeal of horror fiction through the ages is that it serves as a rehearsal for our own deaths.

— Steven King

I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.

— Gary Shteyngart

“The whole plot was a sinister drollery, the simple delight of stirring up great crowds to die and kill, of one who could not…

— William Bolitho

“When tragedy established itself in England it did so in terms of plots and spectacle that had much more to do with medieval apocalypse…

— Frank Kermode

I've always read suspense, so raising the stakes to life and death situations in my romance plots seemed natural.

— JoAnn Ross

There are moments where the mighty death feels itself desperate too! To see the trees growing in solid rocks is one of these moments!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan