Quotes About Narrative

I think we're so advanced when it comes to watching narrative material. I mean, it's all we do is consume content all day long. So when a character walks onscreen, you immediately start making connections for that character: Is that a good guy? Is that a bad guy?

My mother always said, 'The best way to ruin a story is to tell the other side.'

We're constantly trying to find the best way to tell the stories that we want.

For me, it's always been about the work - it wasn't about, 'Let's go break some ceilings.' I just wanted to tell an important story and do the best work I can. Everything else is secondary.

Employers are looking for individuals who can tell a story about what they bring to a particular company, and people with an understanding of that have a much better chance of getting to where they want to go.

Long-format television is a better way to tell a female story.

I see myself as writing biographies, the complete story of someone's life.

I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.

Black history is American history. You cannot tell one story without telling the other.

I'm lucky to be alive. It's a blessing to tell my story, you know.

With '89 Blocks,' we found a special story that needed to be told.

The action stuff is only good if you get the character stuff in there as well. Sometimes that get lost in amongst all the trying to make stuff blow up.

I can be so blown away by story lines.

I like to go into things, and I like to make the most bold choice to tell the particular story being told.

I want to be a part of content-driven films, not just the mainstream Bollywood type of movies.

'Piku' is not at all a film in the Bollywood kind of way.

I just didn't want to get bored playing a character, and that's kind of the benefit of doing films; you've lived with a character for four or five months and that's it, and you walk away from that character and you feel like you told a story.

You see, when I go on stage I perform with just a guitar and you have to have very strong material to hold an audience from getting bored or restless. One strong way of doing that is the story because everybody will listen to a story.

I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.

I think most people write from what they see in their own world, which is maybe why we so often see an African-American woman as the best friend, or the one you bring in when you need some sass. It's like we're put in a box.

I tend to think history is more a branch of literature than science.

Every great brand is like a great story.

In a way, metafiction breaks down the story and makes it less real. But in another respect, by that very breaking down, it actually makes things feel more real than they would to begin with.

Where film can eat up story, theatre needs space and breath.