“Nervousness and excitement were two sides of the same coin, but Vere still couldn’t make heads or tails of what he was… — Merry Knightly Copy Share Image
When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were… — Jerome Stern Copy Share Image
I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters' thoughts and realizations, either through thought balloons… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
“Gimmerton chapel bells were still ringing and the full, mellow flow of the beck in the valley came soothingly on the ear.… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
“The language that we employ in internal and written communications with oneself contains complex thoughts. My written self-speech employs language that is… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The starting point to freedom is to begin questioning the cultural narrative you have been sold.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
When Veronica Mars was canceled, the following season of pilots for The CW had been announced, and one was Gossip Girl. I… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
I love working with Lars [von Trier]! I've worked with him three times. I did the narration of Dogville and Manderlay. — John Hurt Copy Share Image
It can stand in the way of narration in cases where we want the protagonist to actually go through some kind of… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
If the religious spirit be ever mentioned in any historical narration, we are sure to meet afterwards with a detail of the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I think the best writers are voracious readers who pick up the cadences and the feel of narration through a number of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There are, occasionally, writers who are able to combine both story and style. They are, of course, the best. You get a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book:… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
If you find that a point cannot be made without narration, it is virtually certain that the point is unimportant to the… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
So it became in my mind a nine-carol service; an oratorio and orchestral concert all in one, but with narration. That's something… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
The great majority of modern third-person narration is "I" narration very thinly disguised. — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“But I will relate what happened with absolute honesty; that, perhaps, will help me understand it. After all, when one confesses to… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“These people showed a marked increase in connections between parts of the frontal cortex associated with self-concept and parts of the brain… — Florence Williams Copy Share Image
“Lumpini Park at night: love at its cheapest, but the incidence of HIV is said to be over 60 per cent. In… — John Burdett Copy Share Image
The human race has always defined itself through narration. That isn't going to change just because we've gone electronic. What is changing… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“This is the squalid, or moving, part of the story, and the scene changes. The people change, too. I'm still around, but… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“It is necessary at this point to recount what actually occurred, as opposed to what was generally supposed to have occurred, on… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
It is a wonderful thing that so many, and they not reckoned absurd, shall entertain those with whom they converse by giving… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image