Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.
All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.
And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.
Sometimes making a story is as easy as putting two characters in a room and seeing what happens. So, imagine a great white shark and a giant squid in the same bathroom.
I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.
That Happily Ever After is a great way to tell stories when you're young but eventually it loses its meaning because it's just not true.
The great thing about Batman and Superman, in truth, is that they are literally transcendent. They are better than most of the stories they are in.
You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
Social media is social. We're looking to touch one heart at a time. With one great story at a time.
On the red carpet, I saw all these great stories, and I also got to see the plastic surgery up close.
When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!
Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.
They can certainly expect to be very impressed with the technical aspects of the show, fooled and led up the garden path by the story and ultimately have a jolly good laugh!
To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.
To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is what I've always wanted to do.
I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesn't worry me personally all that much.
You can't get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.
You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.
The unutterable violence of the Holocaust shook our confidence in the possibility of telling any story of faith at all.
