Quotes About Storytelling

That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.

Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.

Be unpredictable, be real, be interesting. Tell a good story.

I just saw Memento. It's very, very good. I watch a lot of French films.

A good day is a good day. A bad day is a good story.

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can't get a good story out of it.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.

Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.

A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.

Audiences are harder to please if you're just giving them effects, but they're easy to please if it's a good story.

There's not a lot of good movies being made.

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.

The best way to spoil a good story is by sticking to the facts.

Our children's children will hear a good story.

I sometimes feel fiction is the ideal preservation for real memories. Fiction is such a good place to keep things.

A good story can take you on a fantastic journey.

I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.

In terms of writing characters or stories, at least initially, there's no difference between live-action and animation. A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.