Compelling Dialogue Quotes

Thank you for your input; I can tell you are struggling towards being interesting.

Rex Stout's narrative and dialogue could not be improved, and he passes the supreme test of being rereadable. I don't know how many times I have reread the Wolfe stories, but plenty. I know exactly what is coming and how it is all going to end, but it doesn't matter. That's writing.

I'm looking for a charismatic character - somebody who you just want to look at and listen to and whom the camera likes. I'm also looking for a narrative arc: Something is going to happen, and there will be a question that will make you wonder what happens at the end.

The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I feel certain that others will, too.

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.

If you can connect with the audience emotionally, that's potent storytelling.

I want to make a movie that can grab people by the heartstrings.

I think that you have to keep the reader front and centre if you're going to write something that people are going to love and be entertained by.

It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.

I am fascinated by storytelling glue. Anytime I see someone who's good at it, I stop and wonder, 'How'd they 'do this? Why can't I tear myself away?