Abstract Quote by George Balanchine

If you have to tell a story without speaking, it's sort of like - I come from a dance background, so it's like a…

— Sami Gayle

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

To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't…

— David Lynch

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

...my basic belief about the making of stories is that they pretty much make themselves.

— Stephen King

On the whole, stories don't write themselves.

— Neil Gaiman

Human beings cannot live without stories.

— Ann Douglas

Technique is of less interest than character and story.

— William Friedkin

Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.

— Philip Pullman

I've always thought abstractly - through theme and variations rather than narrative.

— Robert Wilson

Having a story is what people connect with, but the story alone doesn't allow you to achieve greatness and results. It's the day-to-day consistency…

— Lewis Howes

There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other.

— Edward Zwick