When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
I was a very imaginative child and I told a lot of lies. My sister used to call it my Exaggerator Calculator.… — Roisin Conaty Copy Share Image
I don't mind reminding people it's a movie, or that you're telling a story. Everybody knows this, but for some reason, we… — Rutger Hauer Copy Share Image
I've never heard of any one single artist being the subject in an ongoing series of radio programs for decades. Bearing this… — Frank Sinatra, Jr Copy Share Image
And telling a story, I suppose, is like winding a skein of spun yarn- you sometimes lose track of the beginning. — Edith Pattou Copy Share Image
From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
“In the end nothing matters but the work. You can’t control how it’s taken, and the act of telling a story always… — Patrick Somerville Copy Share Image
On American sets, you work 12-, 14-, 16-hour days sometimes. All that volume over a short course of time can actually be… — Timothee Chalamet Copy Share Image
Very quickly I realized that directing is a combination of things: It's visual, it's directing the actors, it's telling a story. And… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
I think that when I'm telling a story, I'm doing the best I can to tell the story as fully as I… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
In some ways, the more that I write songs, the more I feel that telling a story is the most important thing;… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
“A short story is not a portrayal of life. When life becomes disconsolate and the fear for the unknown seeps through the… — Anu Lal Copy Share Image
I see manuscripts and books that are spoiled for the literary reader because they are one long stream of top-of-the-head writing, a… — Sol Stein Copy Share Image
In fact, the only way to inspire people to embrace change is through setting a narrative and telling a story. It can… — Kanika Dhillon Copy Share Image
Well, I think if you're telling a story, a three act structure will just naturally emerge out of it. But I also… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you're telling… — Danny Pino Copy Share Image
The thing that helps me do a good job is that I don't feel the need to explain everything about the world… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“To write entire pages of dazzling prose about a tomato -- for Pierre Arthens reviews food as if he were telling a… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
The rewrites are a struggle right now. Sometimes I wish writing a book could just be easy for me at last. But… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
