Quotes About Story

I think the brutality is important to convey as part of the story, to see how brutal it is to have these kids in battle with one another.

When I watch cop shows, I really enjoy them because you can really follow the story and get involved, and the characters are always really interesting.

I don't really decide what the core of the story is before I write. I write to figure out what the story is. And I think the characters end up talking to you and telling you what they want to be doing and what is important to them. So in some ways, your job is to listen as much as it is to write.

I don't think that I can tell any story better than the story of my own country, than the stories of my own countrymen.

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.

'The Exile' covers approximately the first third of 'Outlander'.

Covers are always so fun to do, but there's nothing like telling your own story.

But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.

I've had such an incredible arc, so it made sense to me, creatively, that we've told Laurel's story. It has come to an end in the 'Arrow'-verse.

In terms of creativity, both are equally satisfying. Music album is for yourself, where you compose songs and stuff like that, and in films, you have a story, characters, and songs penned by someone else.

For many human beings, an interest in the past starts with themselves. That is, in part, a result of biology. Like other creatures, humans have a beginning and an ending, and in between lies their story.

In the actual story I got with the Bonannos, but I had dealings with other crime families and other criminals, using the Bonannos as my credibility.

Every movie I've done, it's always the same criteria: finding a great story, and finding a great part to play.

It seems like every year Hollywood makes an attempt to retell the Manson story, and I just couldn't be less interested in it. It's not really our crowning achievement as a civilisation. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, but it just bores me.

Ibn Said's autobiography is an extraordinary work, and his story is one that's absolutely crucial to tell.

I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as that. It's just like if you're watching something moving, and you feel yourself welling up. It's the same thing. You're just being carried along with the story. There's nothing magical about it. I think I'm in touch with my emotions, and I can't help it.

Since 'Main Hoon Na' is a cult film, if I want to make a sequel, the story has to be good!

I would love to document the Roots; I think they have an interesting story. I have a curiosity about them. Their musicality and their live performances I think would be great, and I have a feeling that there are stories behind each one of them.

I'm insanely curious about life and everyone's story and where they come from and how they got to be who they are.

I'm completely ecstatic when a woman has own back story and brings something to the table and has a real strong kind of independence.

Purchasing a story in order to bury it is a practice that many in the tabloid industry call 'catch and kill.'

Because when you go out, and you have fun, basically you're performing for these tabloid outlets and the paparazzi. And when you perform and create this story, they're chuffed - they get excited, they capture it, and they put it out.

When you hire that first person, then you're a boss. You've got performance reviews. You've got complaints about not making enough money. You've got people who are just going to sell your story to the tabloids.

What they will do is, you know the tabloids. They'll take one element of a story that may be true and they'll build everything around it. Take a picture and invent a story around it.