Quotes About Storytelling

The producers felt that 24 would be good for the audience, to really get to know who these 12 and 12 are.

A good story needs only a good storyteller.

I'd hire the devil himself as a writer if he gave me a good story.

To hell with the cost, if it's a good story, I'll make it.

I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie.

It's no sin to tell a good story.

I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist of a story, in a nutshell, almost, because it was that interesting.

I am filled suddenly with hope. I don't think I will ever die. We are looking for ghosts, but, I think, a good story will do.

To find a good story, you're generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn't mind doing a big budget movie if it had a great story.

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

Every golfer should come to the first tee with fourteen clubs, a dozen balls, a handful of tees, and at least one great golf story

We, as film-makers, are privileged. We can make people cry or laugh. We can make them think and feel. It is a great privilege and a great responsibility.

As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.

I'm such an admirer, I am an admirer of villains, especially working with so many great ones.

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.

Walt Disney was my great hero.

All great novels are great fairy tales.

Children's lies are signs of great talent.

Jonathan Kreisberg is a great musician whose playing and writing always tell a story. His formidable technique and intellect never get in the way, but only serve the agenda of the heart.

From John Huston to Fred Zinnemann and Richard Fleischer and all those great American directors.

All of my peers died of AIDS, and I have no one to celebrate my past or my journey, or to help me pass down stories to the next generation. We lost an entire generation of storytellers with HIV.