More Quote by Kevin Macdonald

These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act…

— Hari Kunzru

I tend to gravitate toward the "act two," or "act three," or "act four" stories - either things that are underreported, where we think…

— Sarah Stillman

Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others.

— David Mamet

I love the three-act theory. It works and works beautifully. But you don't necessarily have to structure a story that way: Cortazar and Borges…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

— William Landay

It should be interesting to see two entirely different ways to treat a story, geared for two entirely different kinds of audience.

— Stephen Sondheim

Well, I think if you're telling a story, a three act structure will just naturally emerge out of it. But I also love it…

— Panos Cosmatos

Telling a story is the way of exploring so many different things - human behavior, society, whatever existence.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

What I find really exciting is stories from a different viewpoint.

— Daniel Kaluuya

I really enjoy the pastiche storytelling of watching separate stories slowly collide with one another. The audience gets to participate in trying to guess…

— Tim Kring

I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.

— Evan Daugherty

There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic…

— Jerry B. Jenkins