Backstory Quotes

11 quotes by 11 authors

Show enough backstory to allow the reader to glean and make assumptions about what remains behind the curtain of time, yet continues to influence the… — Larry Brooks
I want people to be more open and tolerant. I want them to know that behind every stranger is a backstory that is the common… — Oprah Winfrey
Knowing Chris Bennett's Writing as I do, I expected Only Superhuman to have an imaginative plot and a compelling superheroine in Emry Blair. What I… — Mike W. Barr
Consider: for all the gobbledegook [film studio] executives spout about backstory, all that we, the audience, want to know is what happens next. That's the… — David Mamet
My backstory is so tedious. — Ray LaMontagne
Acting is kind of difficult to intellectualize - it's a far more visceral experience. It's really hard to be able to think about and then… — Jesse Eisenberg
For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory. — Anna Gunn
Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of, say, chapter two… — Sarah Waters
For me, the best characters are the ones that feel fully formed inside and out, so I try to have a very clear vision of… — Nick Kroll
I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth… — Steve Martin
When I develop a character, I usually start by creating a backstory with whatever information I have access to. — Daniella Alonso

Who Wrote These Backstory Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 11 Backstory Quotes as follows: