Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.
A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.
I'm not interested in breaking news. I'm interested in telling the story of what's going on and then trying to figure it out.
George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with any argument you can, but there is none.
It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.
Everyone has a story. I don't believer anyone can go through life without encountering at least one amazing thing.
My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me.
You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.
When I see a story, I ask: is this something I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to tell it?
Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story.
With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm not sure where the story is going.
Some directors don't get involved in the cinematography and are just about story, but I'm definitely more tactile than that in terms of my involvement in the minutiae.
Then I found books that were written much later, as late as 15 years ago. It was very superficial material, but enough to tell me that the genesis of this story was worth exploring.
Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they choose it or not.
I'm sure, the highest capacity of storage device, will not enough to record all our stories; because, everytime with you is very valuable data
We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.
I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV.
To tell a love story true, a romance writer must bare hearts, souls and bodies.
Don't forget- no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell
I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays.
Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.
