“I never go to the cinema. I can't stand sitting in the dark with strangers -- all of us obliged to share the same emotional experiences -- it's too intimate. I like to be emotional in private.” I CanDarkShareEmotionalSittingStrangerCinemaIntimateObligedSitting In The Dark Book:Eight and a half women Source: Eight and a half women
“I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your bedroom floor, and staring at a picture of John Lennon or Gene Simmons or Johnny Rotten. That tangible experience can sometimes become an even more emotional experience, because it's really happening.” ThinkingSometimesHandsTechnologyHappenedEmotionalHappeningsSittingAlbumsStaringGenesBedroomConvenienceRottenTangibleLennonJohnny Rotten Author:Dave Grohl
“It just kills me when people buy a dog when there are dogs in shelters. I still get emotional when I think of Karl sitting in that shelter. I wasn't looking. I didn't even think I had time for a dog, and then I met this little one and he needed help. It's been so amazing to see him transform into a happy and confident companion.” PeopleThinkingLittlesStillsHelpingDogEmotionalNeededMetsSittingCompanionShelterKill MeNeeded Help Author:Bob Harper
“When you're writing for the screen you're really thinking all the time of what you have to do to make sure that they have the information that they need, that the emotional thread is not snapped, that the story moves at the right speed, to keep the audience hopefully sitting on the edge of their seats or else weeping or laughing.” ThinkingNeedsWritingStoriesMovingAudienceLaughingInformationEmotionalSittingEdgesSpeedScreensHopefullySeatsThreadWeepingSitting On The Edge Author:Salman Rushdie
“I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I remember sitting at graduation with all these classmates getting nostalgic and emotional already and all I could think was, "Get me out of here. I never want to see you people again." So it's ironic that I spend half my day putting myself back there by choice [while writing].” PeopleThinkingWantWritingSchoolRememberChoicesWaitingHalfEmotionalHigh SchoolSittingMiserableIronicNostalgicClassmatesWant To See You Author:Sarah Dessen
“Every writer has to make an emotional journey from artist sitting in attic to being part of a business. The writer of a film is like Tinkerbell. You are only there because people believe in you. The moment they dont, because youre a pain the arse, youve lost.” PeopleBelieveMomentsPainFilmArtistLostJourneyEmotionalSittingBelieve In YouAtticsArsesTinkerbell Author:Julian Fellowes
“Simply put, you can read a story in a single sitting and hold it all in your mind. You can experience all of its rhythms, beginning to end, during that span. Consequently it has, I think, greater emotional power than a novel because of this real-time effect. Stories can stun you.” ThinkingMindRealEndsStoriesNovelGreaterEffectsEmotionalSittingRhythmEmotional Power Author:Adam Ross