Woody: Oh no. Hamm the Piggy Bank: Oh yes! Return of the Astro-Nut!
Buzz Lightyear: That Barbie has nice handwriting! Jessie: Uhh, Buzz? Barbie didn't write this.
I love telling stories, whether I'm the human instrument that helps tell that story, or I'm the man behind the curtain.
I tried to stick to my game plan, which was always being aware of what my A story was - the love story between a father and his son, and that son and his daughter.
One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love.
It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.
Individual stories from the Bible had been made into movies, but no one had taken on the arc of the Bible story as one meta-narrative from Genesis to Revelation.
A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and on Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo' movies.
The definition of a good story is one that remains with you long after you've turned that last page.
If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.
The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story.
Once you know you are worthy and your story is worthy, you fight for other stories.
Never settle for half the story, and make-up and imagine the rest. Get the full Story!
I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.
Teachers die, but books live on.
Don't judge a book by its cover
A wicked book cannot repent.
Write a book, not the book.
Thanks, but my name is Gracias.
I'm a comic book fan.
Let's face it. I'm an open book.
