Quotes About Captivation

A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way, now it's going to go that way. It has to do that. If it's predictable, it's just boring.

A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them in rapt attention, and prevent them from putting down the book.

'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.

I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things.

Not only will it never end, it will never diminish in its capacity to enthrall and fascinate and impart joy. It

If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage.

He holds him with his glittering eye—The Wedding Guest stood still,And listens like a three years' child:The Mariner hath his will.

I love watching amazing actors and actresses that you can't take your eyes off of because everything they are doing - even if it is just twiddling their thumbs or scratching their eye - it's just interesting.

Por qué me estás mirando fijamente? - Solo trataba de memorizar este momento para siempre.

I love stories that suck you in, that you can't stop reading because you are quite simply there.

Grabbing readers by the imagination is a writer's job.

he's a story i want to know from page one

Her kind was supposed to be irresistibly alluring to humans. She was the humanoid equivalent of a Venus flytrap.

I was totally absorbed. I was in another world, or another dimension; all sense of time evaporated.

You have to be able to enthral and persuade at the same time.

The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.

She had no startling brilliancy of beauty, no pearly whiteness, no radiant carnation. She had not the majestic contour that rivets attention, demands instant wonder, and then disappoints by the coldness of its charms. You might pass Eleanor Harding in the street without notice, but you could hardly pass an evening with her and not lose your heart.

A man captivated by wiles was only captivated for a time, whereas a man won by simplicity would be won forever - if he, himself, were worth the winning.

And a man captivated by wiles was only captivated for a time, whereas a man won by simplicity would be won for ever, — if he himself were worth the winning.

In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.

Sometimes, on particularly good takes, I'm so moved that I stop "doing" the scene and just watch in awe at the miracle of good acting. As I said earlier, that's life up there. When it flows like that, that's when I say "Print.

As I stare at it,I can feel little invisible strings,silently tugging me toward it. I have to touch it. I have to wear it. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

she is the only woman I've ever known who could make a man call.Ever

It's just, there's something compelling about very beautiful people. Especially strong-jawed men with stubble and intense eyes. You fall under their spell and believe anything they say.