Quotes about Emotional Resonance

everything that had ever passed between us was present then, that it was hidden somewhere among the suffering.

He didn't speak, nor did I, but I told myself later that everything that had ever passed between us was present then, that it was hidden somewhere among the suffering.

Narratives can make us understand. Photographs do something else: they haunt us.

Most of my reading is rereading.

The story must strike a nerve—in me. My heart should start pounding when I hear the first line in my head. I start trembling at the risk.

Why do we remember the bad stuff and not the good?

My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.

When I go to movies and I love the movie, it's because it feels like it articulated something about how we're living now, and also gives me some insight into my own life. I feel actually altered after having seen it.

El amor es una cosa y la palabra amor es otra cosa, y sólo el alma sabe dónde las dos se encuentran.

Wat ik denk te begrijpen, zeg het maar als ik me vergis, is het je thuis voelen in Berlijn. Daar is de geschiedenis minder weg dan in Nederland, tenminste, zo onderga ik het. Je ergens thuisvoelen is niet per se positief.

A person should read a book because it speaks to something in his heart.

No, she didn't need someone perfect. She just needed someone perfect for her.

Una persona debería leer un libro porque este provoca algo en su corazón.

this was poetry, this was music. This was love.

Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience - in some ways, perhaps more effect because it does it in a very indirect way.

I always hope that people feel less alone when they see a movie that I make. That some part of the story played out on the big screen will resonate for individuals in the audience in a way that gives them comfort.

My favorite song is called 'Reachout.' There are so many different stories told in that song. I think anyone who listens to it will gather a different meaning, but each answer is true. I also like the sound of it, period - there are a lot of classical influences.

Film has its own innate poetry.

When I go to movies and I love the movie, it's because it feels like it articulated something about how we're living now, and also gives me some insight into my own life. I feel actually altered after having seen it.

In this day and age, I really just don't want to sell people on something. I don't want to have to sell you sound. I don't like selling emotions. Or ideas. I just want to give you these ideas and inspire people.

I think that the audience feels a real connection with Zoe Kazan because she's so instantly lovable.

A song is the most intangible thing in the world.

I discovered that my drag really does speak to people on an emotional level. I also discovered that people are sometimes put off by an intellectual approach to drag.

You can be a smarty-pants director, but that won't matter if the movie doesn't work emotionally as well as intellectually.