Chris Priestley Quotes
Just because something is told as a story and that story is part legend or myth, or feat of imagination, does not mean there is no truth in it.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always loved massive worlds, whether in fantasy or science fiction. I like the idea of making my own rules as well as utilizing everything that I love or inspires me. It's very freeing to know you can write a story that can be as big as your own imagination.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way, now it's going to go that way. It has to do that. If it's predictable, it's just boring.
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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
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It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their top story.
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Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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A good story gives you more of a license to be forward and progressive with the music.
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I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition: everybody would have a story at the pub or at parties, even at the clubs and raves.
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When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom you're telling your story. If some segment of the audience doesn't like that story, it doesn't feel good.
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When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybody knows him. And he's still very present on TV because he's commenting for Formula One.
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If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
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It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.
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I've never told you the story of Alice in Wonderland, have I?
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In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.
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You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.
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This whole 'tired footballers' and three-games-a-week thing is an absolute myth.
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We know that we're not supposed to be racially biased, and we don't want to think of ourselves as racially biased, so we tell ourselves a different story.
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What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.
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Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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At the highest level of awareness, the greatest gift given and received when you give someone flowers, is the joy of living a life based on love.
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Just because something is told as a story and that story is part legend or myth, or feat of imagination, does not mean there is no truth in it.
