Mundane, boring stories--not interesting ones--are the ideal in an operating room.
I certainly knew from an early age... how to tell stories; how to create pictures in other people's heads.
I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.
I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.
The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.
I actually love 'West Side Story.' I think it's an amazing film to watch.
When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.
If we forget our story we were doomed to repeat it
The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.
Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary.
Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.
As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too.
How does it feel to be free?
We are all joined in a circle of stories.
You, my lord, are the ending of all true stories.
The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well.
This is a story of Africa. A pioneer woman's journey north was merely the beginning.
life hurts a lot more than death
His story is simple, because simple is always best.
Every great love starts with a great story...