“My favorite sci-fi always uses its hook to amplify some bigger theme or idea - some emotional thrust.” IdeasUseEmotionalBiggerMy FavoriteThemeSci FiHookThrustAmplify Author:Rian Johnson
“My favorite kinds of stories are the ones that have these big crazy genre hijinks and then a real honest, meaty, emotional story where we're watching a character grapple with some real things.” KindRealCharacterStoriesBigsCrazyHonestEmotionalMy FavoriteGenreReal Things Author:Greg Pak
“A good mixtape didn't just gather together a bunch of love songs, but instead created an emotional narrative specific to your affection. The stories in most of my favorite collections are collected more like songs on a mixtape than, say, collected like spare change. By which I mean they are in conversation with each other and work to become larger than their parts.” MeanStoriesTogetherSongEmotionalConversationMy FavoriteAffectionBunchNarrativeCollectionsSparesMixtapesSpare Change Author:Anthony Marra
“I like violence because I like looking at it and I like understanding emotional and physical violence and how they work with one another... It's operating in all these levels of hopefully - Oedipus is one of my favorite stories, that's like falling down a well when you read that - so that would be the hope, that each thing causes the next.” WellsStoriesWould BeFallNextCausesUnderstandingLevelsViolenceEmotionalMy FavoriteHopefullyFalling DownOedipusPhysical Violence Author:Kimberly Peirce
“Just because I said lyrics are a sign of the inability to sing doesn't mean....A) I believe that, or B) I don't think they're cool. They are cool. Words are great. I sing along with my favorite songs, but when I am drumming and singing, the words become a note that for me. In the process of playing they have more emotional impact as notes then an actual word.” ThinkingBelieveMeanSaidSongI BelieveProcessEmotionalSingingImpactNotesMy FavoriteInabilityFavorite SongDrumming Author:Brian Chippendale
“My favorite episode is where the guy has a relationship with his car. An intimate and sexual and emotional relationship with his car.” GuyCarEmotionalMy FavoriteIntimateEpisodesEmotional Relationship Author:Emmy Rossum
“I go running. I go into nature. I really alleviate lot of emotional stress, any kind of stress I'm going through - exercise is my favorite medicine.” KindRunningEmotionalExerciseStressMedicineMy FavoriteAlleviateEmotional Stress Author:Ziggy Marley
“To be part of Kevin's [Drew] world, "Who Came First" is just kind of a magical symphony. If you're asking me what that emotional timbre what is my favorite, my favorite "why" is the question. The other songs also have a revealing quality, but it started with "Sister OK".” IfsWorldFirstsKindSongQualityEmotionalAskingMy FavoriteRevealingSymphonyKevinTimbre Author:Andy Kim
“I watched horror movies way too young and one of my favorite horror movies was The Shining. Jack Nicholson's character in that just bore a hole in my brain, his weird, maniacal controlled stuff. Obviously Mara in Village of the Damned wasn't an alcoholic and didn't have emotional, crazy outbursts. She was very non-emotional. But it was that sort of evil that I was tapping into.” CharacterEvilBrainCrazyEmotionalHorrorShiningMy Favorite Author:Lindsey Haun
“When people hear that I have a chronic illness, they'll say things like "Focus on you." Well, my spiritual and emotional fulfillment is based not on who I am but on what I can give. Plus, many of my favorite philosophers suggested that self-fulfillment is found through service. Who am I to argue with them?” PeopleGivingSpiritualFocusEmotionalMy FavoritePhilosopherIllnessArguingFulfillment Author:Karen Duffy