Curiosity Quote by Samanta Schweblin

The most interesting characters are those you're drawn to, then repelled by, and then come to understand. All that tension - I live that.…

— Rachel Weisz

In general, what we really want is a feeling when we read anything that the author has explored the territory as dutifully and as…

— Hilton Als

“Narrative Tension is primarily about witholding information.”

— Ian McEwan

I try to construct each of my novels around one central theme - core tensions shared by the characters.

— Chris Pavone

“Our job as writers is to be as curious as a child, to see things for the first time, and to never assume. We…

— Alan Watt

For me, even in the most subtle and introspective story, it's all about tension: this is the thread that ties a reader to story,…

— Samanta Schweblin

My attraction to story is a ceaseless current that runs through the center of me. My inexhaustible ardor for reading seems connected to my…

— Pat Conroy

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

— Annie Proulx

“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer isolate and…

— Annie Dillard

You want the story to be about something, have some deeper meaning, but there is also an emotional, almost instinctual, element, which is, does…

— David Grann

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

— William Landay

“Stories trace their roots to impassioned human interactions with the world. I always sense a storyline as an emotional yearning embedded in a deep…

— Kilroy J. Oldster