Cinema Quote by Satyajit Ray

So I decided to make a film about our need to tell stories, to own our stories, to understand them, and to have them…

— Sarah Polley

I've always known that I've wanted to write, but I always saw myself doing that in the context of something other than film, so…

— Sarah Polley

I'm a lover of film and storytelling. I believe that I was put on earth to tell stories, and I'm not interested in telling…

— Justin Simien

I used to go over to my friend's house and we'd watch VCR tapes, three of them a day, and I was like, "I…

— Michelle Rodriguez

Even in traditional filmmaking, you're always trying to find novel ways of telling stories, and this is different.

— Rick Heinrichs

Fiction was a massive, massive part of my formative years, far more so than television ever was, and I always hoped that my future…

— Steve Backshall

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian

Fiction offered me tools that allowed me to approach a wider variety of issues than the events of my own life would.

— Phil Klay

When I got the opportunity to start making films, I just decided that I would want to add strong context to my stories.

— Kabir Khan

When I compose for any film, I always work with the story in mind.

— Amit Trivedi

My first narrative films developed out of a documentary process - finding someone who was willing to be filmed, watching, listening, taking copious notes…

— Debra Granik

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