Anybody that wants to walk out that door and leave home for a few months and rely on themselves instead of fate might have some interesting stories to tell.
I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog.
It's real easy for me to write a lot of stories. I just go and I live through something, and I go home and write about it. It's that quick.
I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time.
You kind of hope that the events themselves are interesting. I think that's what you have to hope for, that on a broad level it's an interesting story.
These ancient stories in religion speak to our desire. But they move us toward hope.
No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope.
Certainly my personality, my sense of humor, my outlook on life was informed by the experiences of my parents and the stories they shared with me.
I reread Mesrine's book every year because the way the story is told is fascinating. Today, we don't have gangsters like Mesrine - he had humor.
Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively.
Both 'Mabo' and 'The Sapphires' have been significant roles because it's about my people. They are celebratory stories, on top of allowing people to understand our history.
Everybody jokes about that old story about the world only needing five computers, but when you think about it, that's where we're heading.
Short stories, for me, it's like you step inside this brand new car and you drive it and you drive it into a tree and you walk away from it.
My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War.
I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.
'Portlandia' is the most fun show. When I get a breakdown of what the arc of the story is going to be, I could never in my wildest dreams anticipate the direction.
The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.
If you want to get an education in how to get a story and how to survive, then get a street reporter job in New York City.
My notion of the KGB came from romantic spy stories. I was a pure and utterly successful product of Soviet patriotic education.
The BP spill was the greatest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history. Yet somehow, gas companies like BP and Halliburton ran interference on reporting that story.
Entire families are attending 'Son of God' together and sharing it with their own kids. Parents are using the film as a conversation starter to help bring the story of Jesus to life for their children.
