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Story Quotes

The wisdom in the story of the most educated and powerful person is often not greater than the wisdom in the story of a child, and the life of a child can teach us as much as the life of a sage Picture Quote #1

It’s a funny thing about writing. You get so balled up in a story idea that you lose your perspective and forget that human being might read your words someday Picture Quote #1

Notice how every science fiction movie or television show starts with a shot of the location where the story is about to occur. Movies that take place in outer space always start with a shot of stars and a starship. Movies that take place on another world always start with a shot of that planet. This is to let you know where you are. Novels and stories start the same way. You have to give the reader a sense of where he is and what’s happening as quickly as possible. You don’t want to start the story by confusing the reader Picture Quote #1

If there’s any single talent a writer needs, it’s persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell Picture Quote #1

Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles I have had with novel writing, and I have put to bed big chunks of work that just didn’t sustain my interest Picture Quote #1

Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are Picture Quote #1

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The minute that you bring a unicorn into a story, you know that it’s a fairy tale or a fable, because unicorns don’t exist as animals. They exist as fantasy creatures Picture Quote #1

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I’m so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it Picture Quote #1

Usually when I read something, first of all I’m looking for the story and then when I reread it, I’m sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary Picture Quote #1

I wish I didn’t have ever to sign my long name on the cover of a book, and I wish I could write a story that would seem absolutely true to the child who hears it and to myself Picture Quote #1

When I started writing, there was nothing about zombies. It was all teen movies, which to me are scarier than zombies, but that’s another story Picture Quote #1

Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story Picture Quote #1

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I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They’re absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development Picture Quote #1

My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been looking for it ever since Picture Quote #1

Studying psychology is fun because you’re always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story Picture Quote #1

Sometimes a book is better than it ever had a right to be because of the history the reader brings to the reading and because of the methods educators use to bring a particular story alive Picture Quote #1

I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a song is talking about, it can only help your performance Picture Quote #1

I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character’s point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out story Picture Quote #1

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It seems to me that romantic comedies used to be about falling in love, but in recent years they’ve really become just comedies where the love story is only there as a spine to hang the jokes on Picture Quote #1

A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you’re finished, it’s really only about one thing. A story can be about many things Picture Quote #1

I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they’re not being written about much anymore. I’m very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation Picture Quote #1

I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I was making it up. However, when my brother and I fabricated a story about an encounter with a bear, they believed that! So maybe I learned very early on that fiction was more interesting to listeners! Picture Quote #1

I guess the biggest challenge to doing any kind of animation voice work is that you only have your voice to tell the story Picture Quote #1

I’m just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it’s random, they don’t see the rewriting, phrasing of characters, choosing the words, bringing the world to light in which the characters live in. That creates an illusion that this is real Picture Quote #1

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There are always reasons for people’s behaviour, and it’s easy just to dismiss them and assume that we already know their story, especially if they’re no good at showing their emotions. Life gives you all these knocks, it’s so easy to form a shell to protect yourself. I’ve done it myself Picture Quote #1

I don’t pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to what it will be in the end. There is not much deliberateness about it Picture Quote #1

There tends to be this hierarchy of film and television, and theater is somewhere else in its own milieu. However, as actors, yes, we love to do theater because it’s our story. Nobody can edit it, the curtain goes up, and it’s ours for two hours or three, or whatever. And we tell it Picture Quote #1

If it’s a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it’s just more fun Picture Quote #1

I just like a good story. I want the story to be good and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That’s not always possible, but that’s what I want Picture Quote #1

In the past, if you did film, you couldn’t do stage, and if you did film, you certainly didn’t do television. You had to pick what you wanted to be. Now it seems like we can bounce around, not only between genres, but between mediums, and I like that. I like change and I like a good story Picture Quote #1

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The wisdom in the story of the most educated and powerful person is often not greater than the wisdom in the story of a child, and the life of a child can teach us as much as the life of a sage (Story Quotes) It’s a funny thing about writing. You get so balled up in a story idea that you lose your perspective and forget that human being might read your words someday (Story Quotes) Notice how every science fiction movie or television show starts with a shot of the location where the story is about to occur. Movies that take place in outer space always start with a shot of stars and a starship. Movies that take place on another world always start with a shot of that planet. This is to let you know where you are. Novels and stories start the same way. You have to give the reader a sense of where he is and what’s happening as quickly as possible. You don’t want to start the story by confusing the reader (Story Quotes) If there’s any single talent a writer needs, it’s persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell (Story Quotes) Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles I have had with novel writing, and I have put to bed big chunks of work that just didn’t sustain my interest (Story Quotes) Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are (Story Quotes) The minute that you bring a unicorn into a story, you know that it’s a fairy tale or a fable, because unicorns don’t exist as animals. They exist as fantasy creatures (Story Quotes) I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I’m so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it (Story Quotes) Usually when I read something, first of all I’m looking for the story and then when I reread it, I’m sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary (Story Quotes) I wish I didn’t have ever to sign my long name on the cover of a book, and I wish I could write a story that would seem absolutely true to the child who hears it and to myself (Story Quotes) When I started writing, there was nothing about zombies. It was all teen movies, which to me are scarier than zombies, but that’s another story (Story Quotes) Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story (Story Quotes) I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They’re absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development (Story Quotes) My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been looking for it ever since (Story Quotes) Studying psychology is fun because you’re always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story (Story Quotes) Sometimes a book is better than it ever had a right to be because of the history the reader brings to the reading and because of the methods educators use to bring a particular story alive (Story Quotes) I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a song is talking about, it can only help your performance (Story Quotes) I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character’s point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out story (Story Quotes) It seems to me that romantic comedies used to be about falling in love, but in recent years they’ve really become just comedies where the love story is only there as a spine to hang the jokes on (Story Quotes) A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you’re finished, it’s really only about one thing. A story can be about many things (Story Quotes) I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they’re not being written about much anymore. I’m very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation (Story Quotes) I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I was making it up. However, when my brother and I fabricated a story about an encounter with a bear, they believed that! So maybe I learned very early on that fiction was more interesting to listeners! (Story Quotes) I guess the biggest challenge to doing any kind of animation voice work is that you only have your voice to tell the story (Story Quotes) I’m just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it’s random, they don’t see the rewriting, phrasing of characters, choosing the words, bringing the world to light in which the characters live in. That creates an illusion that this is real (Story Quotes) There are always reasons for people’s behaviour, and it’s easy just to dismiss them and assume that we already know their story, especially if they’re no good at showing their emotions. Life gives you all these knocks, it’s so easy to form a shell to protect yourself. I’ve done it myself (Story Quotes) I don’t pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to what it will be in the end. There is not much deliberateness about it (Story Quotes) There tends to be this hierarchy of film and television, and theater is somewhere else in its own milieu. However, as actors, yes, we love to do theater because it’s our story. Nobody can edit it, the curtain goes up, and it’s ours for two hours or three, or whatever. And we tell it (Story Quotes) If it’s a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it’s just more fun (Story Quotes) I just like a good story. I want the story to be good and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That’s not always possible, but that’s what I want (Story Quotes) In the past, if you did film, you couldn’t do stage, and if you did film, you certainly didn’t do television. You had to pick what you wanted to be. Now it seems like we can bounce around, not only between genres, but between mediums, and I like that. I like change and I like a good story (Story Quotes)

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