Ability Quote by Vince Gilligan

Nothing requires so little mental effort as to narrate or follow a story. Hence everybody tells stories and the readers of stories outnumber all…

— John Lancaster Spalding

I think too many times, filmmakers spend too much time telling someone what to think about a story and not enough time actually telling…

— Nick Searcy

The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because…

— Brandon Sanderson

Films don't always tell a story; some films can achieve effect just by being razzle-dazzle or rock n' roll. That's part of the fare…

— Robert Redford

You spend most of your time as a director trying to move forward with the movie. It happens on a daily basis, if not…

— Charlie Kaufman

I'm interested in telling stories that add up to more than the entertainment of the story. That's what does it for me.

— Bennett Miller

I think many people have wonderful stories inside them and the talent to tell those stories. But the writing life, with its isolation and…

— Ellen Ullman

Telling a story is like trying to eat grapes with a fork. It's always trying to get away from you. And if you're a…

— Brent Weeks

I've been in a few films that have been adapted and, as an actor, the amount of resources and things you can gain just…

— Asa Butterfield

At the end of the day, it's all one version of telling a story. I treated this as if it was a two million…

— Colin Farrell

I think when you're writing prose there's a lot of attendant description and that's were I used to really go bananas. With a screenplay…

— Diablo Cody

Why do we tell stories? It's because we want to connect to people, we want to tell them who we are, we want to…

— Tamlyn Tomita