Stories Quotes
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There are so many different ways to make art. And so many good stories. You don't have to have a budget. I feel like it's super possible these days for people to make anything, no matter who you are or where you come from. And that's really exciting. I'm excited to see people around me pushing boundaries in that way, not letting certain structures define them or what art they can make.
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There was also the myth of the western films. But my films are borrowed not from the story of the West in America but from the story of cinema.
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There will always be stories that require a feature-length format, and there will always be stories that will be told in short-form.
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Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non-compliance in the face of great authority where he holds to his truth - so there's two stories there.
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We all have our own stories to tell and you can draw inspiration from anywhere. Sometimes the best things happen when you just sit in a room together and let whatever happens happen.
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STORIES WE TELL is one of the boldest and most exciting films I’ve seen in the last six months, and the kind of experience that has the power to alter your perception of the world.
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I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.
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The funny thing is, whenever I'm working on something, I kind of forget there's a lot of people watching. It makes it easier to be in the moment and to tell a story as well as possible.
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I have watched constantly that in our work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with stories of living action.
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It's true that I'm drawn to unusual stories. Normal roles don't really attract me.
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But stories that live longest Are sung above the glass, And Parnell loved his country And Parnell loved his lass.
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Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking for painful truths. What people need is beautiful, comforting stories that make them feel as if their lives have some meaning. Which is where religion comes from.
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I see myself as anybody, as everybody; I'm not just telling the story of my life to give the reader a picture of who I am.
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Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to. He can't understand that they end in him, but they don't end with him.
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I'm the type to tell stories while letting myself go.
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I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue.
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So we face our final hours...and all that was once certain has become uncertain. Except for defeat. That, as always, is the end of all our stories.
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One night a friend lent me a book of short stories by Franz Kafka. I went back to the pension where I was staying and began to read The Metamorphosis. The first line almost knocked me off the bed. I was so surprised. The first line reads, “As Gregor Samsa awoke that morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. . . .” When I read the line I thought to myself that I didn’t know anyone was allowed to write things like that. If I had known, I would have started writing a long time ago. So I immediately started writing short stories.
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If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.
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People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.
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Stories heal us because we become whole through them. In the process of writing, of discovering our story, we restore those parts of ourselves that have been scattered, hidden, suppressed, denied, distorted, forbidden, and we come to understand that stories heal.
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I remember the horror story that I told myself over and over again. I'm totally alone in my body. I'm totally alone in my head and nobody will ever see through my eyes. I'm just completely alone.
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The stories that you tell yourself can make or break you - no matter who you are.
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Art is the most important thing to me in the entire world. It is my passion. Nothing else. End of story.
