Twists Quotes

• It's a comedy thriller, brilliantly written and it's full of twists and turns at every page. When I was reading it I was desperate to get to the end to find out what happens, it really hooks you.

  Louise Jameson

  Reading, Hook, Pages

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• Going by my past journey, I am not certain where life will take me, what turns and twists will happen; nobody knows where they will end up. As life changes direction, I'll flow with it.

  Katrina Kaif

  Life Changing, Journey, Past

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• 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

  Play, Motorcycle, Plot

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• The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

  Don Williams

  Journey, Two, Lessons

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• LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.

  Nicole Kidman

  Turns, And Off, Plot Twists

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Jan 04, 2017

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• Life is full of surprises and and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure-do it well, enjoy it-and then, not now, think about what comes next.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Adventure, Loving Life, Thinking

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• Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

  E. M. Forster

  Struggle, Lust, Together

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• I don't really believe in 'directions' in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that's all.

  Graham Nelson

  Art, Believe, Rope

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• As a student of American culture, I am willing to argue that the Twist is a valid manifestation of the Age of Anxiety.

  Marshall Fishwick

  Anxiety, Age, Culture

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• The mob, when they are gazing at a dancer on the slack rope, naturally writhe and twist and balance their own bodies, as they see him do.

  Adam Smith

  Empathy, Dancer, Balance

  Adam Smith (1869). “Essays On, I. Moral Sentiments: II. Astronomical Inquiries; III. Formation of Languages; IV. History of Ancient Physics; V. Ancient Logic and Metaphysicis; VI. The Imitative Arts; VII. Music, Dancing, Poetry; VIII. The External Senses; IX. English and Italian Verses”, p.10

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• I see now how things even up, how they are squared away, and how they balance under the law of love and justice. No year of life is emotionally, spiritually or even materially, all drought or all rainfall; nor is it all sun. The road turns a little every day, and one day there's a sudden twist we didn't dream was there, and for every loss there is somewhere a gain, for every grief a happiness, for every deprivation a giving.

  Faith Baldwin

  Dream, Grief, Loss

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• The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.

  Milos Forman

  Character, Thinking, Self

  The George Washington University Interview, nsarchive2.gwu.edu. January 18, 1997.

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• The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.

  Laurence Leamer

  Hands, Differences, Making A Difference

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• Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected, how one decision leads you another, how one twist of fate, good or bad, brings you to a door that later takes you to another door, which aided by several detours--long hallways and unforeseen stairwells--eventually puts you in the place you are now.

  Ann Patchett

  Fate, Doors, Long

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• Oliver Twist has asked for more!

  Charles Dickens

  Character, Interesting, Oliver Twist

  Charles Dickens (1839). “Oliver Twist; or, The parish boy's progress”, p.15

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• I've never done a film before where every single person in the audience knows the ending. I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days. People are blogging your endings from their cinema seats.

  Danny Boyle

  Mean, People, Suspense

  "Danny Boyle: 'As soon as you think you can do whatever you want... then you're sunk'". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2011.

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• I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring

  David Brin

  Writing, Character, Feelings

  Orbit Interview, www.sffworld.com. July 19, 2002.

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• I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.

  Danny Boyle

  Mean, Blogging, Suspense

  "Danny Boyle: 'As soon as you think you can do whatever you want... then you're sunk'" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2010.

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• Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take a left turn on you, it's easy to do, but it has to be done very, very carefully, or else you risk losing the audience's trust.

  Damon Lindelof

  Thinking, Ideas, Risk

  "Lost in Space: A Chat With Prometheus Writer-Producer Damon Lindelof". Interview with Gregory Weinkauf, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2012.

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• The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly
  themselves.

  Thomas Merton

  Relationship, Unconditional Love, Reflection

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.177, Shambhala Publications

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• what you don't know, you don't miss

  Cecelia Ahern

  Missing, Joy Luck Club, Drinking Tea

  Cecelia Ahern (2005). “Rosie Dunne”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

  Thomas Merton

  Relationship, Spiritual, Inspirational Love

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• I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.

  Richard Simmons

  Exercise, Childhood, Trying

  "Richard Simmons On The Best Advice He Ever Got". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2012.

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• I found that when you start thinking and saying what you really want then your mind automatically shifts and pulls you in that direction. And sometimes it can be that simple, just a little twist in vocabulary that illustrates your attitude and philosophy.

  Jim Rohn

  Attitude, Philosophy, Optimistic

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 15, 2012

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• One of the things I think is unique and signature about Blizzard is that whenever they do their games, and with Warcraft in particular, they take the things they love and put a twist on it. They showed that heroes can come from the most unexpected places, and as a player, you can play as a hero, on all sides.

  Duncan Jones

  Hero, Unique, Player

  Source: collider.com

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