Quotes About Captivating

I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.

Forever encased in the amber of a writer's prose.

Charlotte had had the kind of beauty that made men forget themselves midsentence, that stunned them into silence.

Energizing conversations often revolve around a vision or goal, which must be compelling enough to capture people's aspirations but not so grand that it is seen as infeasible or so daunting that it creates stress.

You can't say it wasn't interesting.

You fellows are amazing,' the sweaty cook roared over the stoves. 'Everything happens to you only. Each time you come here, you have a new adventure story to entertain us

He generally spoke with much animation and energy, and with considerable gesture. His mind was filled with all the learning and precedence required for the occasion, enabling him to make numerous extemporaneous speeches. He seduced the listeners with hope and provoked them with fear, leading one spectator to comment that Hamilton's harangues combine the poignancy of vinegar with the smoothness of oil.

Board the cows! We've come to enslave your marigolds.

Elizabeth Harker looked up from behind her desk. She was small, with milk-white skin, small, pointed ears and raven black hair. Her eyes were like a cat's, wide and green. She looked like an elf dressed in black and white, but a kind of elf you wouldn't want to mess with.

O amor cativa qualquer idade, Mas, para os corações juvenis, Seus surtos são como tempestade Que varre os campos primaveris.

I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.

Last night. I couldn't put that book down. I was awake till four this morning finishing it. I didn't know reading could be like that, I had no idea.

brown eyes,

I would like to prove that on TV, everyday lives can be as compelling as the life-styles of the rich and famous. Especially lives that we catch at extraordinary moments.

She was dazzling-- alight; it was agony to comprehend her beauty in a glance.

It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

I have a big personality, and people feed off that.

What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know.

It's our job as fiction writers to provide a delight that nothing else can - to such a degree that people have no choice but to read our work. Now that's a very tall order, if not impossible. But why not try?

I think if you're gonna do something as silly and lighthearted as entertainment, then why not be interesting when you're doing it?

Paris is wild; it's decadent... it's so many things.

I think Tilda Swinton is terribly interesting. I think she's fascinating. I love her work.

It's a terrific... you can't put it down. So I phoned him back and I said I'd love to do it. I went over to Paris for a meeting, and we just talked very generally about the approach.

Demi Moore is a terrific woman and a hell of an actress.