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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
In late 2001, I contributed a short story called 'Castaways' to an anthology called 'In Laymon's Terms,' which was a tribute to Richard Laymon, who had passed away earlier that year.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Castaways' was a play on what if a reality show like 'Survivor' was unknowingly set on an island inhabited by a sub-human race of creatures? Readers have often asked me to consider turning the short story into a full-length novel. So I did.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I set out to research the story of the Culper Spy Ring, I had no idea where it would take me.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had various experiences where I've been called by Hollywood studios to look at a script or comment on various scientific ideas that they're trying to inject into a story.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to challenge myself, and I have to challenge the reader. We should be weaving and working on new stories and not the same story over and over.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Behind bars, everyone's an inmate. Everybody has their skeletons; everybody has their story.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's just so much I want to do in life. Part of that is to use my story and use my experiences to give back to other people.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an actor, and I want to play flawed characters, and I'm a writer that wants to write flawed characters, trying to let something out and hoping people relate through that or have fun experiencing the story.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hardly ever think about audience. I just try to tell a story for me. I write the kind of story I would like to read.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.
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- Nov 07, 2020