Quotes About Tension

If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.

The romance that can never really gel because of the powers that be... that's a great conflict.

Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.

I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.

Pressure is the way a predator fights.

You want the match to be like a roller coaster, so you can't predict it.

I don't like shows that are predictable. I like it when you're shocked and you have no idea who's about to die.

Hooks need to be predictable and not predictable at the same time.

I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies.

President Trump confronted the Chinese Communist Party in a way no President had before him.

You'd be hard pressed to find more drama in 'Days of Our Lives' than you do in an average job each day.

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what you're doing.

I was under so much pressure. I often felt scared.

I feel the pressure.

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.

When I begin shooting, I get nervous, as I am under pressure to do my job well.

Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

I feel like I'm constantly trying to avoid awkwardness. I always try to pretend that the awkwardness doesn't exist, and then it just becomes more awkward.

There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing.

'Session 9' used light and darkness to create atmosphere.

The greater the darkness, the better the drama.

Season 4 can be deadly for a show that's been a hit show.

This drama between Dean and Ehrlichman took place while I was trying to give the contents to the FBI.