Basis Quote by Simon Kinberg

Should a story be readily told in a PG-13 fashion, it should be for creative, not business, reasons.

— Simon Kinberg

You have tremendous freedom in the young adult book world to write what you want. You can put R-rated content in a book that…

— Ned Vizzini

You want in all cases for the story to get through the writing.

— Alice Munro

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point…

— Robin McKinley

A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions.

— Guy Pearce

Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you tell a…

— J. J. Abrams

And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is…

— Roger Mudd

A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that the people in the story change.

— Neil Gaiman

Crime stories are often sensationalized. They can provoke lower standards.

— David Grann

If they're going to write a story they're going to write the story whether it's true or not

— Mary-Kate Olsen

We, in America, love a story - we need a story to get involved in. But then everything becomes more about how the story…

— Brad Pitt

I have to trust that if a story is strong, it can find its readership, and good editors can steer me well.

— Julie Berry