Story Quotes
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As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.
Aristotle
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A story should, to please, at least seem true,
Be apropos, well told, concise, and new:
And whenso'er it deviates from these rules,
The wise will sleep, and leave applause to fools.
Benjamin Stillingfleet
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There's the way modern music is produced, which is, 'Here's a piece of music, and I'm the producer, so pay me and make sure my credit is right and get me my splits.' But I'm trying to go backward. Now, it's more like 'What's the texture? What's the over-arching story?' There are more things to pay attention to than 'Is this the right snare?'
Ernest Dion Wilson
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If there is anything interesting about my story it's the fact that it's not unique at all. I feel that I have been through what almost everyone I know has - a slow and gradual maturation process.
Marianne Williamson
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Don’t blurt out your theme. Let it emerge from the story.
Aaron Shepard
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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.
Chris Priestley
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Richard Stark writes a harsh and frightening story of criminal warfare and vengeance with economy, understatement and a deadly amoral objectivity-a remarkable addition to the list of the shockers that the French call roman noirs.
Anthony Boucher
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Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it would only be because the story that was being told was something that concerned me, and that really called me or needed to be shown on the screen.
Abderrahmane Sissako
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Most people are dispensable in 'Game of Thrones,' not only in the story but in the series.
Isaac Hempstead Wright
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The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.
Rumi
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Whether that's questioning the dominant opinion of the day, the conventional wisdom of the day, or whether it's questioning the policies that come out of Washington, or out of our government, generally, I think media's job is to look at it and say, "What's really going on here? What's the story behind what you see?"
Ben Domenech
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You may not be able to change the events of your history, but you can change the story you've attached to those events.
Amy Chan
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'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.
Steven Spielberg
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A story can only be contained in a book.
Andrzej Sapkowski
