Arrangements Quote by Frederick Wiseman

When I compose for any film, I always work with the story in mind.

— Amit Trivedi

I try to write cinematically. Let me define what I mean by that. First of all, I try to write in a visual way…

— Frank Peretti

Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this…

— Dennis Lehane

I'm a slave to my imagination in terms of making narrative films.

— Stanley Kubrick

I don't generate a storyline and then fill it out in the course of writing. The story actually generates in the course of the…

— William Gibson

Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them…

— Philipp Meyer

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

— Billy Bob Thornton

The job's always the same. It involves helping to tell the story and creating an alloy between character and story that serves the film.

— Harrison Ford

As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama.

— Jonah Hill

When you're doing a film, narrative is your most important tool, but it's a tool to create a cinematographic experience, to create those moments…

— Alfonso Cuaron

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story.

— Ray Harryhausen

I've always had a flare for the dramatic. I thought about being an actor and I thought about directing, but writing truly became something…

— Marti Noxon