American Quote by Cameron Crowe

For so long, I have privately felt that what makes a universal good story is cultural specificity. That is just the truth: the reality…

— Greta Lee

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

— Wes Anderson

What I know is that I am honest about my films, and my films are honest about reality. The stories themselves dictate the way…

— Andrey Zvyagintsev

I insist that through specificity, honesty, and diversity, who gets to hold the storytelling stick, you can have really universal stories that everyone can…

— Greta Lee

Sometimes if you can tell one personal story with a lot of sincerity, it can become a universal story.

— Rithy Panh

Within the mainstream cinema, I feel you can experiment and make sensible films. It's possible to tell a story with characters and emotions which…

— Mani Ratnam

That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.

— Jesmyn Ward

All of my films are based on personal experiences and beliefs. Many of my heroes are my spokespeople - and some are not!

— Michel Ocelot

I believe that one of the most sound ideas in dramatic writing is that in order to create the universal, you must pay very…

— Lorraine Hansberry

I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize…

— Frederick Wiseman

Stories have tangents; they open up and become different things. You can still have a structure, but you should leave room to dream. If…

— David Lynch

There are so many stories that need to be told and are not being told. We tend to want to put things in boxes:…

— Haroon Moghul