Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.
That was all Rose, and Rose knew what she was doing. Her main thing was story.
I think the brutality is important to convey as part of the story, to see how brutal it is to have these kids in battle with one another.
There are very few really stark black and white stories.
I want to play Lena Horne because I've always been fascinated with her. Her talent was astounding and more than that, her life story is incredible.
One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.
What's fascinated me from the time I was a little kid was the way we construct our lives through stories.
I have stories that I'd like to maybe one day consider directing, but you need a lot of time to write and put it together.
The unfolding of a story is both as exciting and as difficult for each and every novel I've written, regardless of time and place.
Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories.
If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.
Having the Stitch character, the villain that becomes a hero, coming from outer space, it took a very difficult and complex story and put it into a simpler, kinder time.
My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel.
Truth be told, for a 21st Century American Jew there is something hollow in the Seder's liberation story and the commandment to feel as if you were there.
[marveling at a Christmas gift he just opened] Mr. Parker: A can of Simoniz!
Melvin Udall: You like sad stories? Wanna hear mine?
Pauline Parker: It's a three act story with a tragic end.
Notary Jean Lebel: Death is never the end of the story. It always leaves tracks.
Morla, the Ancient One: We don't even care whether or not we care.
Atreyu: Do you have a cold? Morla, the Ancient One: No, we are allergic to youth.
