“I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can't stay home just because they have a head cold.” WayHomeActorsColdConflictPressureAthleteAdmiration Author:Ben Cross
“Temperamentally, the writer exists on happenings, on contacts, conflicts, action and reaction, speed, pressure, tension. Were he acontemplative purely, he would not write.” ThinkingWritingActionConflictHappeningsPressureSpeedReactionsContactTensionThoughtfulAction And Reaction Book:The Mulberry Tree Source: The Mulberry Tree
“I wrote poetry in a secretive way, I think, a secret from myself, I mean. I wrote it because it gave me great pleasure to do so and because it relieved the ever-building pressure of the demanding world around me. It's always served me as a way of appraising, and controlling overwhelming experiences. But this need, and desire, was always in conflict with my need to "survive."” ThinkingWorldWayNeedsMeanDesirePleasureSecretBuildingConflictPressureOverwhelmingRelievedSecretive Author:Philip Schultz
“To me sympathy for a character has little to do with how morally upstanding or wicked they are. All that really matters for me is how human and interesting they are. I happen to be drawn to characters who operate under intense internal pressure, which often comes from some deep psychological conflict.” HumansLittlesMatterCharacterHappensInterestingConflictPressureIntensePsychologicalWickedInternals Author:James Lasdun
“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.” IfsInspirationalDiesLeftForceEasierBattleConflictEternalAdultsPressureConstantThreatSurrenderSuperiorsMaturityConformityTeensVagueLeft AloneIndecisionUnknowing Book:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings