Accept Quote by Zadie Smith

In fiction, the reader will make jumps with you. If you can make the reader make that leap with you, it's a thrilling moment…

— William Lashner

At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the act of…

— Michael Haneke

I like doing this stuff [stunts] though, it's kind of the whole reason that you want to do the movie. When you're reading it…

— Channing Tatum

When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you…

— Francis Ford Coppola

Of course, marketing and publicity does an amazing job of prepping everybody for that, but there's nothing like sitting there and experiencing the movie.

— Todd Lieberman

People love a good thriller that makes them sit on their edge of their seats.

— Amala Akkineni

To me, as an audience member, movies always come to a screeching halt when they get to their action scenes. They always feel like…

— Rachel Morrison

People don't step outside themselves and make the film they want to make, because they're afraid of the reaction. But once you get that…

— Ryan Gosling

In journalism, when we want to get a story over the jumps, we refer to it as a universal experience, but it almost never…

— Scott Simon

The purpose of fiction is not to nail you to the ground as facts do, but to take you to the edge of the…

— Ray Bradbury

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

— Alice Walker

As entertainment, fiction may offer momentary relief from the stresses of reality.

— Joanna Scott