Stories Quotes
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I liked to explore different arts. But when I started acting, I knew this was the medium I want to be in for the rest of my life. Stories onscreen affect me the most.
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The way Stanley Kubrick tells a story is antithetical to the way we are accustomed to receiving stories.
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Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.
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I really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture 'Little Dancer Aged 14,' which was unveiled in 1881, the Belle Epoque.
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It's rare you get an idea from a dream. I can't really recall a story that ever worked out that way. I think in 35 years of writing, that I've ever had a dream that held up. They're much too dislocated
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I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good. And my stories are really involving.
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The worst thing you can do is animate something, and then throw it out because it doesn't work, story wise.
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I always let the characters guide the stories. They really let me know what they want to say and what action they want to happen.
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I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.
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I know little stories that happen to people around me, and I can repeat that in a way that has some color.
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Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories.
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Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?
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The universe is not made up of atoms; it’s made up of tiny stories.
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History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not.
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Once you're into a story everything seems to apply-what you overhear on a city bus is exactly what your character would say on the page you're writing. Wherever you go, you meet part of your story.
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A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from level earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.
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There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You will find in this way the path of your life.
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Sometimes I try to meditate, which I hope will help, but it doesn't really. But lots of times my dreams have the seed of an intriguing story.
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It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust into motion by the idea of what do you do when your 13 year old daughter comes home pregnant. And not only is she pregnant, but she wants to keep the baby.
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Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have to make.
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It's funny, but I think my stories - the good ones - they're much smarter than I am.
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I hate even the idea of a synopsis. When stories are really working, when you're providing subtextual exploration and things that are deeply layered, you're obligated to not say things out loud.
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If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has.
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All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
