Duty Quote by Hugh Jackman

Sometimes the story takes you to places that you want to go and sometimes it takes you places you don't want to go.

— Peter Gould

You just have to learn to get really good at choosing your moments and making sure that your story isn't overwhelmed by the effects,…

— J.H. Wyman

The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you just go…

— Clint Eastwood

If the story is insensitive to a person and is not nuanced enough, that's a story I don't want to be a part of.…

— Rasika Dugal

I think that in general - well, at least it's true for me - you tend to put something of yourself into the story…

— Sam Lake

Unlike other books or TV shows or sometimes life, my narrative worlds are stripped of implicit moral centers. There is only what you bring.…

— Chris Abani

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either.

— Meg Cabot

I think once everything is in place, once you've kind of wrapped your head around the story and the character, it's very liberating and…

— Michiel Huisman

The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence…

— Ira Glass

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that…

— Francine Rivers

I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories about character and love.'

— Cameron Crowe

I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than…

— Tammy Blanchard