- Man
- |
- 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
- Evening
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It was Orwellian. I completely disappeared, and disappeared the same day. It was by early that evening when the Times story ran. That was an overreaction. All human beings under pressure behave poorly.
- Difficult
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
To combine telling an interesting story with brilliantly written characters is the most difficult thing to do.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a prose background. I come from short story background, and that led me into novels.
- Democratically
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The story of how Chile, in the decades after its 1973 coup and death of democratically elected socialist president Salvador Allende, became one of the most neoliberal societies on the planet is well known.
- Favorite Show
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I was at Elon University in North Carolina for two years pursuing my BFA. And after my sophomore year, I was cast in the Broadway Tour of 'West Side Story.' I just kind of - it always was my favorite show growing up.
- Like
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I guess my inspiration is this - I like to pretend that every story that ever happened to 'Batman' was real and is part of this one guy's life.
- More
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I decided to take my foot off the pedal with all the detail. I'm sure after 'Animalia' and 'The Eleventh Hour,' readers thought that's what to expect from Graeme Base. With 'The Sign of the Seahorse,' I took a step away from the puzzle-book genre - that was more of an adventure story.
- Change
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
And almost always there has to be change, change in the characters is the journey - it's the story.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
What I'm interested in doing in a story is bringing certain different languages, people, events together and then letting the reader make what he wants of it.
- House
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Jack Kennedy very much enjoyed Fletcher Knebel's thriller 'Seven Days in May,' later a film. The story: a jingo based on the real-life Admiral Arthur Radford plans a military coup to take over the White House.
- Find
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to do an animated movie. I find it to be incredibly liberating as a way of telling a story.
- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.
- Song
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story.
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.
- New
- |
- Nov 07, 2020