- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Story Quotes
Every story is worth telling well.
One line here is about recognizing a story too rarely told, another about a lasting preference for tales of the underdog and survival. For similar reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Creating is one thing; telling the story is one thing. I see myself more as a storyteller than a story creator.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Audiences are always open to an interesting story.
- Everyman
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing is, the Tulsa experience that I wrote about in 'The Outsiders' is closer to the universal experience than it would be if I wrote it from L.A. or New York. It's an everyman story.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to do another film version of 'Romeo & Juliet.' I'm not too picky as long as it's a good story.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
While most of the things you've worried about have never happened, it's a different story with the things you haven't worried about. They are the ones that happen.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
'West Side Story' was one of the high points of my career. Yet, when I first saw it, I was really disappointed in how I came off.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first saw 'West Side Story' on stage in 1958. I was in the army, having been conscripted while under contract to MGM. I caught the musical in New York, fell in love with it, bought the album, and memorised the whole thing.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ghost story is a popular genre of mine and is particularly adaptable to the visual media.
- Early
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm going to make my own story for sure.
- Nov 07, 2020
A good story often increases the salability of an item without increasing its actual value.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020