Quotes About Story

I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.

I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well.

'The Black Parade' is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album.

With 'If I Stay,' I want you to feel that the whole story is being told from a larger, spiritual point of view. So the beginning is very theatrical.

There's no place more theatrical than history.

But you know, I really like to present the songs on an album as a story, as something thematic, rather than something you'd put on a random shuffle.

You can't tell any kind of a story without having some kind of a theme, something to say between the lines.

As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.

So 'Nier Automata' feels like a story about androids but no, the main theme of 'Automata' is human.

Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my thoughts, I start to look for characters capable of representing it.

Theme is great for people who like to approach stories that way, but it's an organizing principle that helps us write a story that has some weight; it's not something that all readers have to care about.

Other than Richard Bachman, Swithen is the only other pseudonym for King; and The Fifth Quarter is the only story for which the Swithen pseudonym was used.

Night Surf is one of King's earliest published stories and forms a prototype for his later masterpiece, The Stand.

No culture, and no person, can remember everything. A culture's memory is the result of its collective sifting of facts to produce a story—a story that society tells itself to remember who it is. Without collective memory, you have no culture, and without a culture, you have no identity.

Memory of the past conditions how they experience the present—that is, how they grasp its meaning, how they are to understand it, and what they are supposed to do in it. No culture, and no person, can remember everything. A culture's memory is the result of its collective sifting of facts to produce a story—a story that society tells itself to remember who it is. Without collective memory, you have no culture, and without a culture, you have no identity.

No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.

The war lasted ten years, so the story goes.

Once upon a time she had felt trapped inside her story with its familiar characters and predictable plot. Now she felt locked out of it.

I kept looking at the door. It seemed about to open, all the time. So much of the ghost story is the anticipation.

Now, using the clay make a model of your experience during the visualisation. Objectives The flight in a light aircraft takes clients through a range of emotions. All the way through the visualisation clients make choices for themselves. This gives them control of how their own story develops. Clients can experience different emotions throughout the flight. They are encouraged to acknowledge their own thoughts and feelings.

In this visualisation the client experiences a motorbike journey. Is this true adventure or a scary nightmare? Each client will have his or her own interpretation of the story. During the visualisation clients are making decisions and owning their feelings.

The Littlest Dolphin is a therapeutic story about a dolphin struggling but not giving up. The story shows the importance of support and encouragement from others. Listening to this story can give clients strength to carry on.

There is justice in a detective story, and none in madness. And while there is danger in a detective story, it eventually is put to rest, which distinguishes a detective story from life, where the mysteries are illimitable. H

When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like a stone wall. Not all the stones will fit. Some will have to be discarded. Some broken and reshaped. When you finish the wall it may not look exactly like the wall you envisioned, but it will keep the livestock in and the predators out. (pg. 144)