Twists – Quotes

You know, Motorcycle Diaries

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn’t play that way. It’s about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it. Gael Garcia Bernal

Today the challenge is not visuals, but to be able to tell a riveting emotional story, something that can reach deep down inside the audience’s heart and twist it like a toy to make them laugh, cry or jump out of their seats to root for the hero. Gabriel Campisi

The running joke on

The running joke on set [of the Westworlds] was that everyone at some point thinks that they’re Anthony Hopkins. Like, Guys, I think I’m Dr. Ford. I’m Anthony Hopkins. That’s the twist. We love all of the theories. Part of the fun of that show is figuring it out. Evan Rachel Wood

I love intricate plotting

I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way. Evan Daugherty

So you wish to

So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too… But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and … Read more

An Emraan Hashmi film

An Emraan Hashmi film has come to guarantee certain ingredients: An intense, grey central character, a beautiful girl – if he gets lucky, then two – couple of kisses, a few bold scenes, fabulous music and a climatic twist. Emraan Hashmi

I think of how

I think of how life takes unexpected twists and turns, sometimes through sheer happenstance, sometimes through calculated decisions. In the end, it can all be called fate, but to me, it is more a matter of faith. Emily Giffin

He had the hypocrisy

He had the hypocrisy to represent a mourner: and previous to following with Hareton, he lifted the unfortunate child on to the table and muttered, with peculiar gusto, ‘Now, my bonny lad, you are mine! And we’ll see if one tree won’t grow as crooked as another, with the same wind to twist it! Emily … Read more

Most short stories have

Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and a small subplot that feeds in a twist or an unexpected piece of business that ads crunch and flavor to the story as a whole. Elizabeth Sims

That headlong ivy! not

That headlong ivy! not a leaf will grow But thinking of a wreath, . . . I like such ivy; bold to leap a height ‘Twas strong to climb! as good to grow on graves As twist about a thyrsus; pretty too (And that’s not ill) when twisted round a comb. Elizabeth Barrett Browning