- Football
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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
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's really hard to be a story writer - no matter how much acclaim you get - and not write a novel.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing a story, I try to reduce it to the barest possible components and go from there.
- Fight Scene
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- Nov 07, 2020
Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shooting a fight is like shooting any other scene. You have to tell a story using a very specific choreography.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
But the most important thing about that story, which is not often told, is that as a result after the Cuban missile crisis, immediate steps were taken to correct our inability to collect on the movement of nuclear material out of the Soviet Union to other places.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not intend for there to be an incisive historical lesson in 'North and South.' Basically, it's just a good, juicy story.
- Nov 07, 2020
'Roots' did show that the audience would be receptive to black talent and a black story.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020