I don't like making didactic, pedagogical documentaries based on standard formulas of narration: I'm only interested in the ambitious French tradition of… — Damian Pettigrew Copy Share Image
Let the cut tell the story. Otherwise you have not got dramatic action, you've got narration. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
We believed - and I personally still believe - that the so called Voice of God narration, ubiquitous in documentaries destined for… — Jayne Loader Copy Share Image
“There were hundreds of them, all dressed like silver dragons, all with long, streaming capes that looked like great wings, flapping and… — Tony Del Degan Copy Share Image
“...a true narrative like time and tide must run its course and would respect no man.” — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
[On School Uniforms] Don't these schools do enough damage making all these kids think alike, now they have to make them look… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Knowledge is not to be taken from four types of people: a foolish person who openly acts foolish, even if he reports… — Malik ibn Anas Copy Share Image
“Stop letting fear leach into your voice,” Luca snaps from behind Rhiannon. “If the dragons think you’re a coward, you’ll be nothing… — Rebecca Yarros Copy Share Image
“All history is fictionalised narration of an opinion and good authors keep coming up with new opinions on existing narrations. Those who… — R. N. Prasher Copy Share Image
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never saw even an… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Given neither talent, nor glory, but only tragedy, the story of our main character begins to unfold.” — Tokyo Ghoul Copy Share Image
“We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I think all good narration contains an element of mystery and suspense. If it didn't, if the storyline were predictable, we would… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
I wasn't aware I'd write the novel when I wrote the New Yorker story either. And the narration of their construction in… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
A page of Addison or of Irving will teach more of style than a whole manual of rules, whilst a story of… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
History is principally the inaccurate narration of events which ought not to have happened. — Earnest Hooton Copy Share Image
Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood. — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Time is what makes good stories. Much has been cooking for a long time, and at last finds an out in narration… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
The true historian, therefore, seeking to compose a true picture of the thing acted, must collect facts and combine facts. Methods will… — Augustine Birrell Copy Share Image
I was desperately unhappy with it [Blade Runner]. I was compelled by contract to record five or six different versions of the… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
landscape, that vast still life, invites description, not narration. It is lyric. It has no story: it is the beloved, and asks… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
“There are three types of actions: purposeful, habitual, and gratuitous. Characters, to be immediate and apprehensible, must be presented by all three.'… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
I've always hated quotation marks: they're ugly on the page and they classify the text for you, putting dialogue in one box… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image