In other parts of India, be it Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, the villain is celebrated as much as the hero, not only… — Nikitin Dheer Copy Share Image
In narrative cinema, a certain terminology has already been established: 'film noir,' 'Western,' even 'Spaghetti Western.' When we say 'film noir' we… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
The short story is at an advantage over the novel, and can claim its nearer kinship to poetry, because it must be… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Philosophers are divided on the question of whether the narrative therein unfolded [the Crossman Diaries] is grippingly boring or boringly gripping. — Clive James Copy Share Image
I like a narrative, even if it's fractured, or kind of psychedelic. But my favorite thing is if I hear words and… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government... that what can… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I think at the end of the day she [Rose from "Fences"] is a strong woman in the truest sense of the… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
My Sunday school teachers had turned Bible narrative into children's fables. They talked about Noah and the ark because the story had… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I believe that we are a story-driven species and that we understand how things are put together, in the context of narrative.… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
I don't just want my books to be about the '30s and '40s. I want them to read as if they had… — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
I believe when you're writing film or television, you can't rely on a crutch or rule that exists outside of the narrative… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
Movies have these transcendent moments where everything is just right, from the dialogue to the music to the lighting to the narrative… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
If we have anything to offer, as filmmakers and as TV makers now, it's this ability to feel as close to a… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
In food, issues that surround purchasing and that whole realm have a very political component and they branch into stories that can… — Dan Barber Copy Share Image
There aren't enough people in the media creation space. There aren't enough people making premium quality programming. That's how we change the… — Mo Abudu Copy Share Image
I was like: the narrative should be that the work that we did was never paid for so Leave.E.U., by not registering… — Brittany Kaiser Copy Share Image
The ironic is a mere ancient whisper in this torqued narrative: its odd violence feels true. Today & Tomorrow crashes through the… — Stacey Levine Copy Share Image
I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. — James McBride Copy Share Image
Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image