Narrative Quotes

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Today, Labour has a disruptive economic narrative - that Britain needs fundamental change in its market structure and culture to compete in the modern world. — David Miliband
I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay… — Alexander Payne
My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of… — Joanna Trollope
I came from the school of cinema verite documentaries, which was: Do not manipulate reality as it was happening but create a narrative in the… — Mira Nair
The new narrative for Europe should be about the need to have a responsible organisation, the need to be able to defend our interests and… — Jose Manuel Barroso
The idea of suicide is of a very set narrative, as if killing yourself is a definitive statement. But it can be just as meaningless… — Denise Mina
Our own genomes carry the story of evolution, written in DNA, the language of molecular genetics, and the narrative is unmistakable. — Kenneth R. Miller
My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices that… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the… — Brian Selznick
I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to think about narrative… — Kevin Wilson
My books are love stories at core, really. But I am interested in manifestations of love beyond the traditional romantic notion. In fact, I seem… — Khaled Hosseini
As a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow us ways to experience life beyond our own,… — Kim Edwards
Ninety percent of the research comes first. I mostly blunder around reading stuff and talking to smart people until an idea batters or oozes its… — Scott Westerfeld
Baseball, boxing, handball - sooner or later every game gets compared to narrative, but only in football are the plays perfectly linear, drawn up with… — J. R. Moehringer
In the future, I think movies are going to be more of data sets that viewers have a hand in controlling - where the narrative… — Ryan Trecartin
We live immersed in narrative, recounting and reassessing the meaning of our past actions, anticipating the outcome of our future projects, situating ourselves at the… — Peter Brooks
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting… — Mark Twain
I used my instincts. It's very easy to imagine how you'd feel, actually. I just had to tell the narrative. — Christopher Eccleston
No matter how stark the reality, the human being fits it into a narrative that is palatable the goat becomes the hero, the perpetrator becomes… — Suman Rai
I have stood by, confounded and speechless, while others have projected their stories over my narrative, each an excuse to appear helpful while remaining utterly… — Molly Johnson

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