Quotes About Insight

People want real-life stories.

When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.

I know that my life story is an inspirational one and one that can, hopefully, help others achieve goals in their own lives.

Now you know the rest of the story.

Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.

I believe that the best cameraman is one who recognizes the source, the story, as the basis of his work.

You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it's going to happen.

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

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.

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.

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.

Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.

I'm a storyteller; that is what I do. And I'm particularly interested in history; and in history of a certain era. But what is interesting for me is how many, how many things you see repeated.

I'm just an old storyteller, and I always wanted to know, what the hell were these candidates really like?

I'm not a gifted storyteller, so I write what I know and hope that honesty resonates with other people's experiences.

People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers.

I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the way that other people see it.

I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.

For me, the best moments in storytelling are the ones where I feel I'm discovering something.

I always approach storytelling with the idea that the audience will get it. They understand almost better than we do, because they get to watch it from an entirely different perspective with new eyes.

When I really want to learn about something, I write a book on it. Then the real research begins, as I begin to hear people's stories, and huge amounts of information begins to comes straight to my doorstep. Then I can write an even better book the next time!

When you meet people who are exceptional, you know it. I feel it straight away.

I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news.

I was really glad to meet Jane Clark because it did give me an insight. I couldn't imagine what kind of woman she was. I was hugely impressed by her energy, straightforward nature and enthusiasm for life.