Image Quote by Cindy Sherman

People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

Every so often, you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise you. You…

— Eric Kripke

Try to reach for a simple, visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story

— Saul Bass

I want to stay close to the groove of people's individual human stories. I can't see that there's anything more interesting than that. That's…

— Lucinda Coxon

If there's a narrative, I want it in the flesh.

— Jenny Saville

The art of storytelling is in development, not fact sheets. There are posts you have to hammer into the ground from the start just…

— Karen Traviss

You can't hide behind the guise of fiction. No matter how autobiographical a fictional scene is, you can always tell the reader - in…

— Rob Roberge

I start writing, pull whatever images happen to occur to me and make up a story, instead of starting with details that are real…

— John Darnielle

I like to apply storytelling methods and techniques to try to frame the story in an interesting way, but you can never control what's…

— Jørgen Leth

Any narrative, whether it's fiction or not, you have to approach it as though it really happened to you. I think that's the only…

— Jason Isbell

You always need to make sure that you're looking at every angle and every perspective so that people, when they read the story, know…

— Marley Dias

I can't be bothered with narrative. It takes too long for me to try to think of it.

— Fred Armisen