In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
We love working within the Sparks three-and-a-half-minute song format, but we also like the extended format of a narrative project. — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Back in the day, you'd walk down to a street corner and see some people making a story with a hat in… — Rosario Dawson Copy Share Image
I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
First of all, I don't dislike direct storytelling - people seem to think that about my games! Actually, the truth is, I'm… — Hidetaka Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Most memoirs about alcoholism, promiscuity, and addiction are deep, sobering tales full of scars that will never heal and include alarming statistics… — Kate Madison Copy Share Image
“...required for good fiction: character, conflict, change through time. And if you're really blessed, you get resolution. But life doesn't usually work… — Ted Conover Copy Share Image
“Imagine a room of a hundred people huddled around a control panel, doing everything in their power to capture the attention of… — Calvin Niles Copy Share Image
“Myths remind us of the symbolic presence within all the lost-and-found adventures that alone can give life meaning. Losing touch with the… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
I think the reason the stories are briskly paced, when they are, is that I like story. I like stories where things… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
If a large number of people who are convinced alien abductions are real are hypnotising even larger numbers of others who suspect… — Bryan Appleyard Copy Share Image
I was visiting my mother in Florida when the September 11, 2001 attacks happened. I was working on The Tale of Despereaux… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
A massive and brilliant accomplishment--the first English translation of the original Grimm brothers' fairy tales. The plain telling is that much more… — Donna Jo Napoli Copy Share Image
Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“But despite these signs of ill-omen, the city was poised, with a new myth glinting in the corners of its eyes. August… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Blending consensus historical events and personages with imaginary occult forces is a strong recipe for counterfactual storytelling goodness that combines the best… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
Perhaps fiction has, for me, served a similar purpose--what is a narrative arc if not the imposition of order on disparate events?--and… — Curtis Sittenfeld 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
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
A tale begun in other days, When summer suns were glowing - A simple chime, that served to time The rhythm of… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Fiction isn't made by scraping the bones of topicality for the last shreds and sinews, to be processed into mechanically recovered prose.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I want there to be hints of narrative everywhere in the image so that people can make up their own stories about… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
We marked a milestone for consumer empowerment when we began to publish consumer complaint narratives which allow people to share in their… — Richard Cordray Copy Share Image
The writing life is one long, never-ending search for narrative. Well, it's not even a conscious searching. It happens even while you're… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
“PR strategy turns raw candor into controlled messaging by reframing traits into narratives that align with audience expectations.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
I think because I am a physical person, and because my way of expressing and performing and storytelling or explaining has always… — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
Myths are part of our DNA. We're a civilisation with a continuous culture. The effort to modernize it keeps it alive. Readers… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
From the early days of the Raj, Shakespeare had been woven into the fabric of India's education, and my father understood that… — Felicity Kendal Copy Share Image
There are epic impulses everywhere you look in There Will Be Blood; what's missing is character development, focused storytelling and, most significantly… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Narrative is so important for building the sexual tension. Can you imagine a horror movie that only shows the blood, with no… — Erika Lust Copy Share Image
Each country has its own way of communicating a narrative and, through that, expressing family experiences in emotional stories. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Fairy-tales aren't just about finding handsome princes. They're about fulfilling your dreams and standing up for what you believe in. — Anonymous 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
Whenever y'all are in the store from and y'all are trying to decide whether or not to get something, think if you… — Kanye West 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 was on the outside of the industry. So I started a podcast early in the podcast boom and that caught on… — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
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