Screenwriting Quote by Robert McKee

“[G]reat stories communicate simple truths that reflect the poetic dimensions of the human soul. Not only do powerful characters help us understand our lives,…

— Kate Wright

“I say fuck the old advice 'show, don't tell.' It's called story TELLING for a reason, and I'll stick to it!”

— Ashly Lorenzana

“Humans are a story telling species. Throughout history we have told stories to each other and ourselves as one of the ways to understand…

— Nathan Myhrvold

“When you write a story, you're telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are…

— Stephen King

The characters are telling you the story. I’m not telling you the story, they’re going to do it. If I do it right, you…

— George V. Higgins

Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are.

— John Patrick Shanley

“Stories continue in all directions to include even the retelling of the stories themselves, as legend is informed by interpretation, and interpretation is informed…

— Garth Stein

Story is about pulling the reader in and a plot is a more externalized mechanism of revelation. A plot is more antic, more performative,…

— Anne Enright

I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes…

— Vera Nazarian

“So what does story telling give a piece? Ultimately this is their brand.  This is their story which makes them different from the next…

— Julie Merrett

If your subject is crime, then you know at least that you're going to have a real story. If your subject is the maturing…

— Donald E. Westlake

When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things…

— Stephen King

All I care about is the story and telling the story. I don't care how people ingest it.

— Steven Soderbergh

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

— Amanda Burton

I think that people have to have a story. When you tell a story, most people are not good storytellers because they think it's…

— Larry Winget