“Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there - that, one might say, is created. It is the inexplicable presence of the thing not named, of the overtone divined by the ear but not heard by it, the verbal mood, the emotional aura of the fact or the thing or the deed, that gives high quality to the novel or the drama, as well as to poetry itself.” GivingWellsFactsMightFeltQualityNovelHeardEmotionalDramaPagesEarsDeedsMoodAurasInexplicableHigh Quality Book:Not Under Forty Source: Not Under Forty
“As a woman, she [Penelope Cruz] obviously has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress, I actually might say that she has not changed that much. And she has something great, especially in comedy, and she hasn't been exploited as much as she could be in comedy, but particularly in that mix between comedy and drama. She's got a very special quality about her. You can place her in very extreme situations, especially very painful situations, in terms of how her character interprets it. And sometimes, the deeper and more human that pain is, the better she is at it.” HumansSometimesCharacterPainTermQualitySituationComedySpecialChangedDramaAdultsPainfulDeeperExtremesActressesCruzPainful Situations Author:Pedro Almodovar
“But I do think that, when you slow the conveyor belt down, the quality control tends to go up. You have a lot more time between seasons to talk about what worked and what didn't work, and plan for the future. And the pacing of the storytelling, particularly for on-going serialized dramas, means that you don't need to do non-essential episodes, just because you have to fill this pre-existing schedule.” ThinkingNeedsMeanQualityPlansDramaEssentialsSeasonsStorytellingMore TimeEpisodesSchedulesBeltsPacingQuality Control Author:Damon Lindelof
“It is a very strong rule in drama, and in life, that people remain true to their basic natures. They change, and their change is essential for drama, but typically they only change a little, taking a single step towards integrating a forgotten or rejected quality into their natures.” PeopleLittlesStrongQualityStepsDramaEssentialsForgottenVery StrongRejectedIntegratingSingle Step Author:Christopher Vogler
“All good dramas are rife with conflicts, and the conflicts have to be resolved. What I think is so great about a show that takes place in a hospital is that you have so many different people with different needs. Sometimes all those can be in conflict. The drama of Heartland also comes from the group of people waiting, and they are sometimes agonizingly waiting for a new organ for their body in order to survive. So the show is so much about survival, which creates a sense of urgency to get the organs. I think that sense of urgency is probably the most prominent dramatic quality to the show.” PeopleThinkingDifferentSometimesWaitingQualityDramaConflictSurvivalDramaticUrgency Author:Treat Williams
“The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.” WayQualityEventsChangedDramaPrioritiesHandleLife Has Changed Author:Ali MacGraw
“I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.” ThinkingLiteratureQualityInformationDramaJournalismPyrotechnics Author:Bob Woodward
“How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with it... Certain people are just more watchable, and I was more watchable, but I don't think I understood acting or drama very well when I was a kid.” PeopleThinkingWellsKidsCertainBornActingQualityDramaUnderstoodSellsScreens Author:Joan Chen
“The way I would describe a pictorial is that it is a picture that makes everybody say ‘Aaaaah,’ with five vowels when they see it. It is something you would like to hang on the wall. The french word ‘photogenique’ defines it better than anything in English. It is a picture which must have quality, drama, and it must, in addition, be as good technically as you can possible make it.” WayQualityFiveWallDramaPhotographyPhotographerPictorialVowels Author:Alfred Eisenstaedt
“The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to tormentor, just as kids simultaneously light up our lives and drive us nuts. I was trying to capture that strange, bipolar quality of parenthood. For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have.” WayTryingIdeasMomentsLightKidsParentEmotionQualityFocusOur LivesProduceStrangeDramaNormalExtremesParenthoodCaptureNutsSwingsPrimalBipolarLight UpBeing A ParentComforter Author:Emma Donoghue
“Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of civilization can be measured through its music, dance, drama, architecture, visual art and literature. We must give our children knowledge and understanding of civilization's most profound works.” GivingChildrenArtHumanityLiteratureLanguageUnderstandingQualityCommunicationCivilizationDramaEssentialsArt IsUniversalOur ChildrenProfoundArchitectureVisualsVisual ArtUniversal LanguageKnowledge And UnderstandingFrills Author:Ernest L. Boyer
“To me, the appeal of opera lies in the fact that a myriad of singers and instruments, each possessed of different qualities of voice and sound, against the backdrop of a grand stage and beautiful costumes, come together in one complete and impressive drama.” DifferentFactsTogetherBeautifulLyingSoundVoiceQualityStageDramaInstrumentsSingersAppealsOperaPossessedCostumesImpressiveBackdrop Book:Japan and ASEAN in East Asia: A Sincere and Open Partnership Source: Japan and ASEAN in East Asia: A Sincere and Open Partnership