“If you don't have a narrative, just make one up. You can always change it when you have more clarity. Any narrative… — L. R. W. Lee Copy Share Image
In the best of all possible worlds, directors would obsess about the quality of their storytelling, and not the details of their… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Recalls The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, the better work of Jim Thompson (The Grifters; After Dark, My Sweet) and Thomas Berger’s… — Scott B. Smith Copy Share Image
Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
Im not really devoted or specified towards any specific genre at all. I really like it all. Theres good storytelling in all… — Angela Bettis Copy Share Image
I've always had an ear for melodies, and they veer pop. My lyrics are more country - what I love is the… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
You have a natural tendency to want an emotionally satisfying tale - and to make investments based on that - despite times… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are about money, marriage, and men. They are the maps and manuals that are passed down from mothers and grandmothers… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
“Hopper was neither an illustrator nor a narrative painter. His paintings don’t tell stories. What they do is suggest—powerfully, irresistibly—that there are… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“Miss Appleby, her library books, and her story-telling sessions were very popular with all the children in Heavenly Valley. To Nancy and… — Betty MacDonald Copy Share Image
Until now their line has been that the Tories are incapable of doing anything about poverty, and aren't interested in doing it… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
Children delight in folk-tale and fairy lore, but the very little child loves best the story which mirrors the familiar. And it… — Maud Lindsay Copy Share Image
Once you play with these scenes and you're outlining it, again and again, and telling each other the narrative, and telling it… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
Larger game teams are often a bit more experienced at working with writers, which is often a huge relief. However, it also… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The more real things get, the more like myths they become. There have always been myths, but the myths of earlier times… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder Copy Share Image
I do think any modern storyteller is influenced by the stories we all grow up with and become familiar with, our shared… — Ian Doescher Copy Share Image
The bedrock thing of country music is, it's about storytelling. I feel like I was able to find a niche because I… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
Our minds simply don't function in some sort of narrative chronology. I think that one of the great gifts of writing fiction… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I'm not really devoted or specified towards any specific genre at all. I really like it all. There's good storytelling in all… — Angela Bettis Copy Share Image
“Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Our culture places a very high value on storytelling, and the more that Catholic writers are able to master that craft, the… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
I find inspiration from a lot of different texts and really old stories and folk tales - things I feel like no… — Borns Copy Share Image
Ours was a storytelling family even in pleasing times, and in those days my parents looked on words as our sustenance, rich… — Natalie Kusz Copy Share Image
The thing that excites me in terms of storytelling is being able to include trans characters in stories that are not necessarily… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually… — Tamzin Merchant Copy Share Image
“I’d believed in that story, the story of us. It was still there, that antiquated fairy tale notion. I was older now,… — Ute Carbone Copy Share Image
I look for really great characters. I say great because as long as they're really good, there's something you can do. And… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
“The lesson here is that it’s wise to build your concept from a universal story – a myth, fairy tale, historical event,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing controlled fiction is called "plotting." Buckling your seatbelt and letting the story take over, however...that is called "storytelling." Storytelling is as… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I am the head of development at Giant Spacekat, a Boston-based studio that's an industry leader in making games for women. We… — Brianna Wu Copy Share Image
The thing that's interesting about storytelling is people will say, "How do I write a movie I can get sold in this… — Joan Tewkesbury Copy Share Image
I love telling stories. And even in single images, I tend to have stories inside them. I've always loved film, but I… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
The delight we experience when we allow ourselves to respond to a fairy tale, the enchantment we feel, comes not from the… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
The human brain has evolved the capacity to impose a narrative, complete with chronology and cause-and-effect logic, on whatever it encounters, no… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
“If I’m unhappy with how female stories are portrayed, then at least I can do something about it. The great thing about… — Elinor Cook Copy Share Image
“Storytelling creates a healing serum. The thematic unguent of our personal story represents a fusion of the ineffable truths that each of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I think when I write movies and plays and books and magazine articles, they're all storytelling, and reality is the common denominator… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I'm thrilled to continue the tradition of the spectacular, cinematic, horrifying, exciting and emotional storytelling of 'The Walking Dead.' I'm a huge… — Scott M. Gimple Copy Share Image
