Quotes About Storytelling

I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.

Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love.

Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.

In any genre you're working in, you can always find a way to tell a particular kind of story. I love fantasy; I love science fiction. I love all kinds of fiction, in fact.

If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.

People should listen to my music if they are into a lot of different genres and kind of want to get it all at once, if they want to listen to a story, an interesting story about somebody else.

I want to do films in different languages because I want to tell stories in different genres.

Characters, conflict and geography are things that must be considered while making movies from adaptations.

And I'm a huge George R. R. Martin fan.

I talk about things that happened in my life. Now, do I embellish? Absolutely. Come on, we all do it. It makes for a better story. But it always comes from a germ of truth.

I was not always someone who wanted to get married or thought I would get married, so being a true writer, I was always navel-gazing: 'What are good marriages? What are bad marriages?'

What I've learnt from 'Friends' is don't let the characters get together because then it won't be as good afterwards.

If you liked my 'Ghost Rider' run, you're going to love what they're doing in 'Punisher.'

Obviously 'Pete's Dragon' is more commercial than 'A Ghost Story,' but when making them, I'm just trying to tell a story that matters to me, that ultimately would satisfy me as a moviegoer. Because watching movies is my favorite thing to do. I watch a lot of them.

As a child I loved ghost stories.

I want to believe in ghosts. I love ghost stories.

Whenever I run out of people to write about, I cook up a few ghosts, or they appear before me.

We don't want John Wick to retire again; we're glad he's back in the game. We want a sequel or a prequel. There's a lot of fertile ground to cover.

You know there's some great folks, great story telling at 'Dateline,' and I'm glad to be a part of it.

When I started 'City of Bones,' I knew exactly what was going to happen in 'City of Glass.' When I first started the six-book series, I thought of it as a three-book series.

My all-time favorite is 'Charulata.' I find it to be a complete film. The performances, the art of story telling, the camera work - everything fits like a glove.

My equality rants have been out there so much that people must be getting sick of it, and frankly, so am I, but if a writer wants to do another story about it, then go for it, because the cause is a good one.

I've never had a series that's gone past 12 episodes.

I'm very glad people love 'Breaking Bad,' but the harder character to write is the good character that's as interesting and as engaging as the bad guy.