Story Quotes

A good story never dies.

I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it published, you pretty much get to do the first, second and third draft yourself without a whole lot of interference.

That's not the part of the story that I'm interested in, anyway. The part that I'm interested in is all the personal stuff. I tried to base the powers on family archetypes.

We can make science personal, like a love story or your best friend.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.

Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding.

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It's like a personal therapy.

I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes.

If you want someone to feel warm, you dress them in a warm color and put a warm light on them and you get the picture. Sometimes, all that needs pushing a little bit to help tell the story.

All over the country, they're reading about me, and the story doesn't center on me being gay. It's just about a gay person who is doing his job.

'Detroit 1-8-7' - the numbers are police slang for murder - is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of authenticity. Detroit offers a unique visual landscape that tells the story of the city and what it's been through.

I can't think of a major story that we have broken that was incorrect. But we have had to correct some things that were false; we have had to retract things.

I'm always a sucker for a love story.

The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.

The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.

It's the story that counts.

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people.

There's probably one more story about Bosnia that I'd like to do, because I spent a fair amount of time on the Serb side of the lines, which isn't apparent in the other books.

If you think you don't want to play another psychopath, but the script is amazing, and the director is fantastic, and the story is incredible, then you may end up playing your third psychopath in a row.

It's harder to write a story with just two people in a room than with 50 characters.

I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother.

It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.

I think it's linked to the realisation that we're not going to live forever and that the way of saying and the language become more important than the story.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.

And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well.

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.