Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.
I'm lucky enough that financially I don't have to feel obliged to go for the bigger stuff. I like the stories and scripts to dictate if I want to do them.
I love to see people move up on the ladder of success, because every success story reassures that possibilities in life are still endless.
The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless.
I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story - the east side taking over the west side and all that.
There's a crazy, false notion that audiences are not patient or will not watch a story, that you have to put in a scare every ten minutes. But I always thought that was insane.
You can either control yourself by simple two lines of bitter truth , OR by confusing yourself in long stories to comfort with a lie
I did a film called 'Fort McCoy,' based on a true story of one of the few internment camps during WWII that was actually in the United States.
When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories.
Civilization is in fact the longest story of all. Civilization can persist through a series of economies.
We photograph things in order to drive them out of our minds. My stories are a way of shutting my eyes.
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.
