Originality is not writing the story that has never been told, but writing the stories only you can tell.
I'm always drawn to stories that people don't know about, particularly when they're inside of a story that everyone knows about.
I am a story teller and I take each story very seriously.
I'm an interpreter of stories. When I perform it's like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.
The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.
The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
From its inception by Michael Bennett, 'Dreamgirls' has always been an epic story with an ensemble cast. I didn't change that. The screen version remains, really, a group story.
At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.
A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows.
There are fewer established rules in the way you tell a story for commercials than in features. It's a great little short story you get to play with.
I think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really interesting, small stories.
I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in the present, as long as the story is compelling.
I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people.
I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
I don't claim to have led a saintly life. There have been a lot of one-sided love stories in my life.
There are so many stories about boys becoming heroes, learning their powers and becoming incredibly heroic. There have to be those stories for girls, too.
I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.
'Warm Bodies' is a love story: a zombie-human being love story. And people are comparing it to 'Twilight,' but I think it's three times better. It has a comedic twist to it as well.
A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.
I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.
The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story.
