Quotes About Narrative

A short story is a shard, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously for itself.

I like to say, 'You get as much story as you can take.' But you have to effectively render it.

We all hate those stories that end with 'And that's the story.'

There is a natural progression to 'Lost,' and as the story goes forward, it's going to change. It's not a static story. The franchise of 'Lost' is not characters sitting on a beach.

To me, it doesn't really matter how big the part is as long as the part is important to the story.

You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story.

If you're a film composer, you have the music tell the story of the character.

You can have an interesting story about a person living an interesting life. And if it's done well, that is just as engaging as the end of the world. A million people dying - we can't process. One person, we can process.

A story begins and it always passes from the subjunctive to the declarative. And Italians don't seem to care about making a fine distinction between that which is speculation and that which is fact.

Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.

Live action movies are someone else's story. With animation, audiences can't think that. Their guards are down.

On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.

Not many things bug me, but if there's one thing that does, it's the idea that my story is a football fairytale.

I always like to tell a story.

You never know what's going to happen when somebody endeavors to do a true crime story. It can be horribly misleading.

To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is what I've always wanted to do.

My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.

I want to be a part of good stories. It's not about my role, but the overall story that counts.

Food is all about the story of a people through the ages.

I think that's why most people listen to me - it is relatable. Who doesn't have a drama-filled story with an ex? We all do.

Every single song I write has to feel like it has a beginning, middle, and end, like a movie or a short story.

A director should concentrate on his storyline and his characters.

I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.

I've always felt that it didn't feel right for me when a protagonist goes through a storyline where they're killing a lot of enemies, and at the very end of the story he ends up kissing the heroine and that's where you end the game.