|

|

Advertisements

Stories Quotes

My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you’re constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories Picture Quote #1

Storytelling, a primitive art, is as old as the beginning of mankind. People want to receive what’s out there in the form of stories, not just facts, opinion, analysis Picture Quote #1

I realized the structure in a collection is how they’re put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written Picture Quote #1

Great stories don’t often make great movies. Its’ a crafted art form Picture Quote #1

Melodrama is one of the most stunning art forms. These are stories where the emotions are big, and the situations are big, and the artists believe in the situation dramatically. There’s no irony or distance Picture Quote #1

When you do a lot of interviews, you find yourself telling the same stories over and over. After you do it for a whole day, you say, ‘Christ, I’ve said this five times today.’ It gets fun when you get so bored you start making it all up Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form Picture Quote #1

This was my first novel [The Dissemblers ]. I’ve never seriously written short stories, and actually find short stories much more intimidating as an art form than novels Picture Quote #1

In my contemporary stories, I write about today’s quilters, inventive techniques they use, and how technology has influenced their art. Novels set in the past let me have fun researching patterns that were popular and fabrics and tools available to quilters through history Picture Quote #1

When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music Picture Quote #1

From what I’ve read, everyone has a claim on Merlin. Was he Scottish, Welsh, English or even French? All these countries have got a big claim on him and Camelot. That’s why the Arthurian legends are so popular - because they are such good stories Picture Quote #1

I love stories about artificial intelligence, and post-humanity, so I’m thinking along those lines Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Our culture already has a number of well known stories about artificial life and non-human intelligence. In ‘Exegesis,’ I’ve tried to not only tell a new and engaging story but also to comment on those well known stories through the details of my novel Picture Quote #1

We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you’ve been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you’ve been told Picture Quote #1

I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children’s stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, ‘Can’t you write anything normal?’ Picture Quote #1

Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders Picture Quote #1

I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I’ve done it my whole life Picture Quote #1

When I was young, I assumed that authors must have traveled the world or done exotic things in order to tell great stories Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I hope I will get to novelize my present circumstances at some point. I have some great stories to tell Picture Quote #1

Films are artifice. We’re telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch Picture Quote #1

I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people’s attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night Picture Quote #1

Every child’s taste is different. Don’t worry if they’re not reading ‘War and Peace’ at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy Picture Quote #1

You start as an audience member and create a world you’re interested in, and then you move into the telling of those stories, bringing what has interested you as an audience member Picture Quote #1

Marvel does a fantastic job about bringing human stories - because you’re telling big stories with a heart at the centre of it - and that’s what connects all of the characters to our audience members Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I don’t think you ever outgrow your love for things that are bigger than life and more colorful than the average life. And somehow I feel that these comic book stories are like fairy tales for older people, because they have the same qualities Picture Quote #1

There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a greater awareness and understanding of a time or a circumstance, then the hope is that change can happen Picture Quote #1

I don’t recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories Picture Quote #1

If I were a bad black comic I would name my special, Yo mama, and other stories of a lack of self awareness Picture Quote #1

Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It’s one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it Picture Quote #1

When I was in Boy Scouts, back in the day, we’d tell stories around the campfire. That’s why I love movies. It’s literally you and your friends, telling stories around a campfire, whatever they may be Picture Quote #1

1 - 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 - 99

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you’re constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories. (Stories Quotes) Storytelling, a primitive art, is as old as the beginning of mankind. People want to receive what’s out there in the form of stories, not just facts, opinion, analysis. (Stories Quotes) I realized the structure in a collection is how they’re put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written. (Stories Quotes) Great stories don’t often make great movies. Its’ a crafted art form. (Stories Quotes) Melodrama is one of the most stunning art forms. These are stories where the emotions are big, and the situations are big, and the artists believe in the situation dramatically. There’s no irony or distance. (Stories Quotes) When you do a lot of interviews, you find yourself telling the same stories over and over. After you do it for a whole day, you say, ‘Christ, I’ve said this five times today.’ It gets fun when you get so bored you start making it all up. (Stories Quotes) To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form (Stories Quotes) This was my first novel [The Dissemblers ]. I’ve never seriously written short stories, and actually find short stories much more intimidating as an art form than novels. (Stories Quotes) In my contemporary stories, I write about today’s quilters, inventive techniques they use, and how technology has influenced their art. Novels set in the past let me have fun researching patterns that were popular and fabrics and tools available to quilters through history. (Stories Quotes) When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music. (Stories Quotes) From what I’ve read, everyone has a claim on Merlin. Was he Scottish, Welsh, English or even French? All these countries have got a big claim on him and Camelot. That’s why the Arthurian legends are so popular - because they are such good stories. (Stories Quotes) I love stories about artificial intelligence, and post-humanity, so I’m thinking along those lines. (Stories Quotes) Our culture already has a number of well known stories about artificial life and non-human intelligence. In ‘Exegesis,’ I’ve tried to not only tell a new and engaging story but also to comment on those well known stories through the details of my novel. (Stories Quotes) We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you’ve been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you’ve been told. (Stories Quotes) I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children’s stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, ‘Can’t you write anything normal?’ (Stories Quotes) Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders. (Stories Quotes) I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I’ve done it my whole life. (Stories Quotes) When I was young, I assumed that authors must have traveled the world or done exotic things in order to tell great stories. (Stories Quotes) I hope I will get to novelize my present circumstances at some point. I have some great stories to tell. (Stories Quotes) Films are artifice. We’re telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch. (Stories Quotes) I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people’s attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. (Stories Quotes) Every child’s taste is different. Don’t worry if they’re not reading ‘War and Peace’ at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy. (Stories Quotes) You start as an audience member and create a world you’re interested in, and then you move into the telling of those stories, bringing what has interested you as an audience member. (Stories Quotes) Marvel does a fantastic job about bringing human stories - because you’re telling big stories with a heart at the centre of it - and that’s what connects all of the characters to our audience members. (Stories Quotes) I don’t think you ever outgrow your love for things that are bigger than life and more colorful than the average life. And somehow I feel that these comic book stories are like fairy tales for older people, because they have the same qualities. (Stories Quotes) There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a greater awareness and understanding of a time or a circumstance, then the hope is that change can happen. (Stories Quotes) I don’t recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories (Stories Quotes) If I were a bad black comic I would name my special, Yo mama, and other stories of a lack of self awareness. (Stories Quotes) Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It’s one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it. (Stories Quotes) When I was in Boy Scouts, back in the day, we’d tell stories around the campfire. That’s why I love movies. It’s literally you and your friends, telling stories around a campfire, whatever they may be. (Stories Quotes)

1 - 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 - 99