A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what you can and can't do. But I enjoy that. Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by. ...
Martin Sixsmith: What you're talking about is what they call a human interest story; I don't do those. Jane: Why not? Martin Sixsmith: Because "human interest story" is a euphemism for stories about weak-minded, vulnerable, ignorant people, to fill i...
Sol Robeson: [finishes story of Archimedes' breakthrough] Now, what is the moral of the story? Maximillian Cohen: That a breakthrough will come. Sol Robeson: Wrong! The point of the story is the wife. You listen to your wife, she will give you perspe...
The problem is there are so many stories out there where I can pull that superhero out, put any other superhero in, and the story works the same. For me, that's broken. I have to write a story that no one else but Aquaman or Shazam can be in, and as ...
It is a happiness to wonder; -- it is a happiness to dream.
What if all religions were stories, and all stories were true.
Good stories take your imagination to anywhere
We're nobody's dirty little secret.
People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.
Good writing is always new.
Belief traps or frees us.
And books -- she swallows like dumplings.
I was here on earth because I chose to be.
We are not poor. We just don't have any money!
...forever is hard enough without it beginning now.
I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.
I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action.
I adapted an O. Henry short story called 'By Courier,' which got nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar.
And Elvex said, "I was the man." - In "Robot dreams" (Short story)
What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
The stories we pretend do not exist, are the stories that will haunt us till the end.
