Since a photograph is frozen and mute, since there is no before and after, I don't want there to be a conscious… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
Whatever experimental film aromas cloaked my movies were because I'm a gleefully clumsy, primitive filmmaker. I really like traditional pleasingly narrative films,… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I'm skeptical that the novel will be "reinvented." If you start thinking about a medical textbook or something, then, yes, I think… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The people in this house, I felt, and I included myself, were like characters each from a different grim and gruesome fairy… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“Like a tree or a river, a story can have many branches or tributaries—but its power comes from the root, the origin… — Lawrence Nault Copy Share Image
The actor always must be in the scene, not above the scene. To communicate any larger ideas is my problem; it's how… — James Gray Copy Share Image
Referring to ISIL as a destructive religious cult rather than a legitimate theo-political 'radical Islamic' group is not just more accurate, it… — Malcolm Nance Copy Share Image
Muslim communities are the ones that going to see radicalization happening at a mosque or hear it in the community or even… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention… — Marco Brambilla Copy Share Image
I was born in the era of the novel. I've written many, as well as collections of poetry, and essays for mouthing… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
'Kiss Land' is the story after 'Trilogy'; it's pretty much the second chapter of my life. The narrative takes place after my… — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
It's impossible for one or two people to go out and shoot a narrative film; you need to have a cast, the… — Jeremy Coon Copy Share Image
I am not against identity politics or single based issues; at the same time, we need to find ways to connect these… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
You get a lot of narrative energy from people who make really big mistakes, who act against their best interests, who do… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap,… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
You [can] become part of someone else's narrative. Every once in a while I would get people asking me questions like, "If… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
When I was singing "King of the Mountain," it was a pivotal point in the show. That's the song that took us… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Because boys tend to dominate the narrative for who's at risk, sometimes they dominate the lion's share of services, too. — Ayanna Pressley Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Taylor was the first star for whom an offscreen narrative was equally as important as an onscreen one. Her private life… — William J. Mann Copy Share Image
There was a narrative sown in the U.K. for so many years that we were disliked by Europe, and some people may… — Sam Ryder Copy Share Image
We all have an ongoing narrative inside our heads, the narrative that is spoken aloud if a friend asks a question. That… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they're writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
I think there is a real value in an editorial point-of-view and in editorial curation, and in putting together an entire narrative… — Michael Wolf Copy Share Image