Elements Quote by James Lee Burke

If it's a good story, it's a good story, and it draws readers in.

— H. W. Brands

Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy.

— Sydney Pollack

What the readers want is a good story, and what the writers always want to luck into, it's a good story.

— Stephen Graham Jones

For any film or any web show, the story dictates everything. If it is a good story, it obviously has good characters in it.

— Atul Kulkarni

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.

— Vincente Minnelli

I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character.

— Michael Sheen

When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the shifting of…

— Sara Zarr

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

— Ernest Gaines

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.

— Aaron Sorkin

I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling.

— Chris Hegedus

All storytelling is kind of that - there's a bit of text that you put pressure on that spits out some desire that a…

— George Saunders

There are times when a film turns out differently from how it was narrated. But I don't look at it as a bad thing.

— Diljit Dosanjh