Architecture Quote by Peter Jackson

The only reason we find structure in stories is because it's there naturally in human interaction, and in the way that people tell stories.

— Lynda Barry

The structural notions to me always have to be worked out very carefully in the script stage. Whatever a particular structure is. Whether it's…

— Christopher Nolan

Only cinema narrows its concern down to its content, that is to its story. It should, instead, concern itself with its form, its structure.

— Peter Greenaway

I think films are bigger than structure.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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 film is like a piece of architecture. There are so many details that all, in the end, end up being one…

— Andre Øvredal

I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.

— Charlie Kaufman

The structure of my novels has nothing to do with the narrative mode of cinema. My novels would be very difficult to film without…

— Agustin Fernandez Mallo

A lot of films mistake convolutedness for complexity. To me, a simple story can be a powerful spine to build around.

— Panos Cosmatos

If you have a structure beforehand, you're sort of stuffing your story into a pre-assembled box. You don't want that to happen. What you…

— Colum McCann

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

It's strange, but something about lack of structure needs a structure itself. Otherwise, after a while, it's like looking at a Rothko painting or…

— Julian Barratt