Whenever I write a story, I hope it appeals to both boys and girls.
I think all the characters in 'American Horror Story,' which is why I love it, are looking for some sense of meaning, and also it's their form of happiness.
Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there.
Every new medium transforms the nature of human thought. In the long run, history is the story of information becoming aware of itself.
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital.
'A Christmas Carol' has been described as the most perfect of Dickens's works and as a quintessential heart-warming story, and it is certainly the most popular.
My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories.
I love the idea of being part of a campaign that captures the spirit of New York and the stories of women here, passionate about their dreams.
The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.
The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it.
God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions.
If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.
It's great to express yourself and tell other people's stories and get into the minds of people who aren't like you.
The great lesson in theatre is that you live the story every night, and that is a wonderful vehicle for getting to the richest places in a performance or investing a character with the richest life.
Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.
All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.
And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.
Sometimes making a story is as easy as putting two characters in a room and seeing what happens. So, imagine a great white shark and a giant squid in the same bathroom.
I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.
That Happily Ever After is a great way to tell stories when you're young but eventually it loses its meaning because it's just not true.
