Quotes About Narrative

Usually, when I'm rappin', I'm creating a big story or a concept song that sounds like a movie to me.

A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.

A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story.

The most beautiful products or the most elegant or seductive products, in my mind, are those that tell a story of a process.

When you are doing a real life story, it requires a lot of sensitivity, a lot of responsibility.

It's the story that counts.

A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.

I am the old story. L'histoire ancienne. But an old story can still be a good story, no?

I started dancing first, but felt I could also tell my story through my music.

Professional cinema image-taking should integrate, serve, interest, and enhance the story. I judge cinematography not just for a story well told but for what the story is.

People have been fed this diet of pabulum, rights, and impulsive freedom. There's just an absolute starvation for the other side of the story.

Reality, by itself, becomes a story by Philip K. Dick.

You always feel pressure to do your best, and when you know that the story revolves around you, it can become very overwhelming.

I have a great story to tell... and I tell it well. No holds barred.

Anyone can write your own life story.

Every human is an artist. And this is the main art that we have: the creation of our story.

I started in documentaries, and that was a great help to me with improvisation, because with documentaries, you're handed a big lump of footage, and you have to shape it and make it into a story - which I love doing.

Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one.

I'm always looking for a story.

I find that albums generally tell a story. Because it's music, it doesn't have to be in chronological order.

There's a story in 'Kabu Kabu' called 'Bakasi Man' where I got to explore the mind of a 'bad man.' It was fun.

It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.

If I can be dead honest with you, when I first see the script for a new episode of 'Endeavour,' if anything jars, I say, 'What's this? Has it got a place in our story?' And if it hasn't, it has to go.