I am the daughter of Mr. Neo-realism: I should gravitate towards narrative simply told, character, the truth. And I do love those… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Narrative cinema is just an imitation of life. Why would you prevent yourself and the audience of the same images, of the… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
I think about art a lot only in two contexts. One is narrative... The other thing that I'm interested in, which is… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Well technologically and so forth, it's a breakthrough, and yet [Birth of a Nation,] it's very white supremacist to the core in… — Cornel West 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
“If we possess narrative sympathy - enabling us to see the world from other's point of view - we cannot kill. If… — Richard Kearney Copy Share Image
“Reality exists only through experience, and it must be personal experience. However, once related, even personal experience becomes a narrative.” — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
“Take my story as a cautionary tale, a narrative argument against ready-made solutions. It tells you that applying formulas is not good… — Apostolos Doxiadis Copy Share Image
It's something that you pick up at a history class in college, the idea that history and time is something to which… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
If you're a great documentary filmmaker, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're a great narrative filmmaker. There are fantastic documentary filmmakers that… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
An interface can be a powerful narrative device. And as we collect more and more personally and socially relevant data, we have… — Aaron Koblin Copy Share Image
What line breaks add to prose prosody is a connection between eye and ear which emphasizes the nature of the language by… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
Some people's lives seem to flow in a narrative; mine had many stops and starts. That's what trauma does. It interrupts the… — Jessica Stern Copy Share Image
I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
It is wiser, I believe, to arrive at theory by way of evidence rather than the other way around… It is more… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
In the years since The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Voinovich has sharpened his satire, and Monumental Propaganda is… — Ken Kalfus Copy Share Image
Once I start work on a project, I don’t stop and I don’t slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“...But if we are to say anything important, if fiction is to stay relevant and vibrant, then we have to ask the… — Michael Copperman Copy Share Image
When you're writing a book that is going to be a narrative with characters and events, you're walking very close to fiction,… — Samuel Hynes Copy Share Image
“By calling into question the very ideal of a universal, autonomous reason (which was, in the Enlightenment, the basis for rejecting religious… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
“Did I live? The human world is like a vast musical instrument on which we play our individual part while simultaneously listening… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“After a significant loss, it's tempting to live life in the past - wishing it had been different, screaming that it was… — Eleanor Haley Copy Share Image
When you are dealing with a mass movement, as opposed to a quote-unquote "elite," you are talking to people who don't have… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
“All narrative begins for me as listening. When I read, I listen. When I write, I listen—for silence, inflection, rhythm, rest.” — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I have been suspected of being what is called a Fundamentalist. That is because I never regard any narrative as unhistorical simply… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold. — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing,… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The beauty of being a liberal is that history always begins this morning. Every day liberals can create a new narrative that… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I am fairly optimistic about the disillusionment that produces homogeneity in general. The films that succeed in [theaters] are fairly homogeneous in… — Lucrecia Martel Copy Share Image
When State Way Gardens and The Robert Taylor Homes were being torn down, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to use that… — Kerry James Marshall 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
Every work of history is a combination of argument and narrative. The longer I write, the more I emphasize the narrative, the… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
I was not a particularly brave child, I think, because I had a narrative mind, because my mind automatically went to any… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I have a great amount of respect for the audience. They know narrative construct. They know all the tropes. — Paul Scheuring Copy Share Image
The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold. — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
The passion for the story is the wind in your narrative sails. Begin at the heart. We must hear the heartbeat of… — Patricia Lee Gauch Copy Share Image
I'm interested in ways that digital interfaces can be utilized as powerful narrative devices, and to engage people in new and exciting… — Aaron Koblin Copy Share Image
“People are moved more by stories than by logic. Ease listeners into the new or unknown by building the logic of your… — Alexander Osterwalder Copy Share Image
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