In terms of 'Saving Face,' I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn't let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and seeking treatment.
The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.
Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories.
If there's some triumphant end of the story, I guess in a roundabout way I've gotten what I wanted, which is the ability to do interesting things and the wealth to be free.
Basically all the religions,sciences and powers of the world boil down to a simple truth. The Best Story Teller will win in the end!
So here I am writing my zombie story and my lead character decides to betray me.
I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.
One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing.
Sometimes I hear a voice - sometimes it's the voice of someone I know. And sometimes that leads to a character, which leads to a story.
I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.
Sometimes, when I couldn’t afford to pay the utility bill at the end of the month, I was forced to read by the light of the stories themselves.
Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.
What's the story of the hidden daisies among the roses, & the stars which break at the dawn, or the littered leaves after the storm. #Unsung
The best historical stories capture the modern imagination because they are, in many senses, still current - part of a continuum.
How did pretty little Anna go from Westchester suburb brat to New York hooker? Now that’s a story.
Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.
I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.
Once God wrote a story that shook the heaven to the very core. Love was the only language used; You and I were the only characters.
I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.
Horror fans are very passionate people, and they are very much into the 'Saw' thing. So they watch sometimes as carefully as the writers and producers do, in terms of the way the story plays out.
