Quotes About Stories

Stories are told over time, and so they naturally accrue meanings.

If I had not been successful as a director, then I'm sure I would still be telling stories. I would have continued on 16mm or found a different medium through which to tell them.

I just respond to the stories I'm being asked to tell.

I want stories where you either hate it or love it. I want to do movies like that, where it's not show and tell, where it's not, 'This is it, and now you reveal the ending, and that's that.'

It's the reason I love doing TV - revisiting stories and characters and the length of the story arcs.

The questions I want to ask will revolve around humans, connection, relationships, family, and stories - what are the stories we tell ourselves and each other?

I write stories, I don't just write rhymes, I write books.

I just have an endless well of ridiculous things that have happened to me.

I grew up in a family where my father was in a rock band, and I saw and heard every story.

I don't want to do sing-and-dance routine. I believe script is the king, so I would go for powerful stories.

I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories.

We should tell the true stories of that day to honor the memory and sacrifice of those who perished on 9/11 and in the long wars since.

The books are funny and sad, and that's what people respond to.

Writing is writing. It is all about telling stories, and I've been doing that for so long, in all realms, that it all feels like the same thing to me anyway.

To be at the point in which I am playing characters that make such a difference to people and that really tell interesting and important stories, it took getting here to realize how important it is and how satisfying it is.

It's the people and their stories that make Australia great. The scenery isn't bad either.

My dad used to tell me stories about aliens and UFOs when I was a kid and I was fascinated by science fiction and aliens.

I want to do science fiction with dark stories.

I think Scotland has some great stories.

I was obsessed with everything about 'Outlander' - the stories, the way it looked. I thought, 'You know what? I'm going to go to Scotland, and I'm going to find my own 'Outlander.''

Good scripts and interesting stories are hard enough to find.

I read as many scripts as I can and just find stuff that I think is interesting, find stories that I think are worth telling.

To do stories that I love, scripts that I love, and work with people who are passionate about them and passionate about projects - whether that's on stage or television or film, that's the kind of environment I want to work in.

These kinds of scripts telling the stories of women are very rare.