Anticipation Quote by Miranda Lambert

For a show, I can bear a little longer than 45 minutes, not including encores.

— Kim Shattuck

As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.

— Harper Lee

I just think it's interesting to start a dialogue.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

The thing that I like about action sequences is that if they're done well, you get to know more about the character in those…

— David Leitch

When the song is part of the action and working as dialogue, even two minutes is way too long.

— Stephen Sondheim

What I normally do with long scenes is that I understand the emotional content and the words fall into place.

— Shefali Shah

“Our life is too short for an introduction.”

— Alin Sav

I just find it annoying that in these sequences [of the fight scenes], traditionally, there's music trying to pump you up. I don't like…

— Steven Soderbergh

Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.

— Elmore Leonard

There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.

— John Legend

I really don't like when you see improv scenes go on too long. It really bothers me, even if the jokes are good.

— Jonathan Levine

If you capture the first thought that you have when you're creating, and then play that to people, it's kind of like the listeners…

— Joss Stone