“In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.”
Sidney Lumet

“I have replaced an evil brain with a good one. I have made amends for the great tragedies my father and my brother unintentionally brought to this community. I have restored the good name of Frankenstein.”
Cedrick Webster Hardwicke - Dr. Frankenstein

“- 1st Officer Petersen: In the event of tragedy, there isn't nearly enough room in the lifeboats for even a small portion of the passengers.
- Sir Bruce Ismay: Enough of your pessimism.
- 1st Officer Petersen: It's not pessimism. It's our duty to consider every possibility.”

Hans Nielsen - 1st Officer Petersen
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer - Sir Bruce Ismay

“- Reporter Brenda: We just received word that some sort of tragedy has happened in the high school today.
- Sheriff McCloud: No, nothing unusual.
- Reporter Brenda: I was referring to the slaughter.
- Sheriff McCloud: Right, there was that. Earlier today one of the students got badly killed.”
Nannette Brown - Reporter Brenda
Jay O. Sanders - Sheriff McCloud

“The last thing to determine conclusively is whether you're in a comedy or a tragedy. Tragedy, you die. Comedy, you get hitched.”
Dustin Hoffman - Professor Jules Hilbert