It's not a filmmaker's job to explain his technique but to…

It's not a film-maker's job to explain his technique, but to tell his story the best way he can.

— Mike Nichols

You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things. But that…

— David Lynch

As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the screen, and…

— Evangeline Lilly

As a filmmaker, you take reality and you tell a story from it.

— Hany Abu-Assad

It's very hard when you're doing a new play that you believe in, and you want to tell the story in the best way…

— Lily Rabe

I'm like a navigator and I try to encourage our collaboration and find the best way that will produce fruit. I like fruit. I…

— Jim Jarmusch

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer…

— John Cusack

I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he…

— Eddie Izzard

“But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other,…

— Diana Gabaldon

I never want to tell a story where I'm lecturing to the audience.

— Lulu Wang

How is a woman to tell the story of her life and not stumble upon men?

— Slavenka Drakulic

“You begin to string words together like beads to tell a story. You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments…

— Anne Lamott

I wanted to tell the story of Luong Ung, who's a dear friend of mine.

— Angelina Jolie

I like to tell stories in my writing but I definitely use my own life experiences to tell that story.

— Snoh Aalegra

Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "…

— Diana Gabaldon