Compelling Quote by Michael Almereyda

It's about loving and letting go. I think it's about family and those relationships that are incredibly joyous and incredibly intense and confronting. It's…

— Toni Collette

Basically it's the core story. About a guy having an affair with the mother of the girl he falls in love with.

— Buck Henry

I'll find something in what I read that snags my imagination in emotional terms; it resonates with me for reasons more complicated than just…

— Jim Shepard

...until that moment I had not understood that this was a story about lonely people, about absence and loss, and that that was why…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love…

— Rachel Weisz

Something about the joy and pain of that moment, something about the excruciating contrast, made me feel that no matter what happens now, my…

— Chris Crutcher

I never have a thematic intention at the outset. The story informs the theme for me rather than the other way around. But as…

— Stephen King

I decided to make myself a little less precious with my storytelling. I think you can see from the first three pieces in the…

— Lucy Corin

The story is a testament to the consolations that get me through and give meaning to every area of my life

— Michael J. Fox

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of…

— Laura Hillenbrand

A strong story can move me to tears, and it doesn't matter whether it's a science-fiction or fantasy world. It's about what happens to…

— Jenova Chen

The passion for the story is the wind in your narrative sails. Begin at the heart. We must hear the heartbeat of the story.…

— Patricia Lee Gauch