Home / Topics / Emotion Quotes

Emotion Quotes

Browse 6872 quotes about Emotion.

Emotion Quotes

“Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work.”

People Way Process Emotion Information Helpful

Author:Ellen Pompeo

“I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.”

Thinking Knows Way Desire Emotion Fiction Nice Information Our Time Reminding Neurology Polarization

Author:George Saunders

“I don't particularly like the idea that there's an arc to the story and that therefore in this scene you have to convey this bit of information or emotion. I like more the feeling that, of course, there is a shape to the story, but that each scene should feel right, should be true at that moment, and that gradually you accumulate these moments of truth until you get enough of them together that it becomes a story that's interesting.”

Feels Should Ideas Enough Moments Stories Feelings Together Courses Bits Interesting Emotion Information Scene Shapes Being True That Moment Arcs Feels Right Moment Of Truth

Author:Michael Winterbottom

“Information is key to raising awareness of what our brain withholds from our conscious mind. Unfortunately we are hardwired emotion-driven thinkers. It takes effort and training to exercise introspection and mindfulness.”

Mind Effort Emotion Brain Awareness Information Keys Exercise Mindfulness Training Conscious Driven Thinker Introspection Conscious Mind Raising Awareness

Author:David Bloor

“What happens to children and families today who sit around the television? They're watching made-up stories. It's not their experience and it's not truly shared. A human being must learn at a very young age how to connect to other human beings. Our technologies are driving us apart, only connecting us in terms of information, not in terms of emotions.”

Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser

“When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel. The author is aware that there's a certain amount of information she/he has to provide in order to satisfy the reader, knowing that she/he has set something up that must be paid off, but this payment must be made while maintaining fidelity to the characters.”

Want Writing Made Book Character Certain Order Emotion Novel Knowing Information Reader Amount Paid Structure Guides Maintaining Payment Fidelity Paid Off

Author:David Bezmozgis

“We've all been put to sleep by somebody who's told us all these wonderful facts that didn't matter because information without emotion is not retained.”

Matter Facts Sleep Emotion Wonderful Information

Author:Tony Robbins

“People read fiction for emotion-not information”

People Emotion Fiction Information

Author:Sinclair Lewis

“Being true to yourself involves showing and sharing emotion. The spirit that motivates most great storytellers is 'I want you to feel what I feel,' and the effective narrative is designed to make this happen. That's how the information is bound to the experience and rendered unforgettable.”

Want Feels Happens Spirit Emotion Information Bounds Being True Narrative I Want You Storyteller Be True To Yourself True To Yourself Unforgettable

Author:Peter Guber

“The emotion, and the other aspect is that this relate to many different obstacle in life. Emotion, yes, I love emotion, for your information, very much so.”

Different Emotion Information Aspect Obstacles Relate Obstacle In Life Love Emotion

Author:Tommy Wiseau

“Twittering and blogging and all that is fine, but there is no idea of how to phrase something beautifully; how to use language to create an emotion. It's just passing information and sometimes very superficial information.”

Ideas Sometimes Use Language Emotion Information Fine Passing Passings No Idea Phrases Superficial Blogging

Author:Isabel Allende