Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor. – Avi Arad
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? – Clint Eastwood
Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it’s simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is. – Ang Lee
The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true. – Bill Nighy
In the case of ‘Blood Stone,’ the producers, EON, Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, David Wilson and Gregg Wilson, had an idea for a story and had a lot of it done. And I came in, worked with them, fleshed it out. – Bruce Feirstein
The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us – in that their stories were right. – Ben Bradlee
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation. – Chinua Achebe
The pressures to get the story first, if wrong, are greater sometimes than the pressures to get the story right, if late. – Alastair Campbell
It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story. – Avi
I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges. – Anita Desai
One of the reasons I started working at ‘South Park,’ actually, was that I wanted to learn how to structure things and how to tell a story. – Bill Hader
There’s always a slight tension when you sell a book to Hollywood, especially a nonfiction book. The author wants his story told intact; the nonfiction author wants it told accurately. – Bryan Burrough
In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It’s easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky. – Billy Crystal
How can an article about me or the Batman be the true story when I am not consulted or interviewed? – Bob Kane
I’m excited about becoming a transmedia storyteller. The idea that we can tell the ‘Agent Mom’ story online with MTV Comics and build a fan base that we can take over to Paramount to discuss turning that story it into a movie is just awesome. – Alaina Huffman
Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story. – Bret Easton Ellis
I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it. – Alastair Reynolds
To share a story is in part to take ownership of it, especially because you are often able to comment on a story that you are sharing on social media. – Annalee Newitz
Dan Rather is guilty of not being skeptical enough about a story that was politically loaded. – Bill O’Reilly
I have always believed that directing a film is like telling a story. You have to tell it well so that it is appreciated. – Anupam Kher
There was a reason my first substantial role after rehab was to play a maniac whose personal story ended badly. I knew what it was like to go those dark places. I played a guy who died as a result of his abuse. – Charlie Sheen
Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it. – A. N. Wilson
I thought it was a classic David and Goliath story, and I was fully onboard Team WikiLeaks. I was very pro the leaks, barring the redaction issue. But I see WikiLeaks as a publisher. – Alex Gibney
In some ways, that’s the story of my season – when I wasn’t making big mistakes, I was winning races and being on the podium. And when I made mistakes I was still fourth or fifth, just off the podium. – Bode Miller
Whether it’s ‘The West Wing’ or anything else, my first thought is always, ‘What’s a good story?’ – Aaron Sorkin
