I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition: everybody would have a story at the pub or at parties, even at the clubs and raves. – Irvine Welsh
As filmmakers, we’re constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we’re telling. – Jeff Bridges
Stories are hard. I have friends who knock out stories on a weekly or monthly basis, like they’re running on medicinal-strength Updike. But for me a story is as daunting a prospect as a novel. – Junot Diaz
Your job as a superstar is to manipulate the audience and try to tell your story. I like the dynamic of the audience. – John Cena
The story of Jackie Robinson is also the story of Branch Rickey. He had many reasons for doing what he did, but he stood up against his own people. – Jim Brown
I know that from the days of Watergate… the notion of two sources on a story has become the popular dogma about how you confirm something. And there is a lot of truth to that, but there are all kinds of ways to check to the extent that you can, a story that you get. – Howard Fineman
As attractive as it is, the idea that nature can exist beyond our dangerous ‘instinct for happiness’ is never the whole story. – John Burnside
There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story – it was the structure of a sermon. – Ira Glass
Look at the films of Walt Disney: ‘Snow White’ came out in February 1938, and I can’t think of another film from that year that’s watched as much. The same is true of ‘Bambi,’ ‘Dumbo’… even, frankly, ‘Toy Story,’ which is probably watched more than any other movie of 1995. – John Lasseter
I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories. – Jhumpa Lahiri
There’s a lot of mystery just inherent in the story of ‘Descender.’ There’s sort of a central mystery that runs throughout it. – Jeff Lemire
It’s hard when you’re doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were. – James Franco
When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader’s heart. – Isabel Allende
I guess my inspiration is this – I like to pretend that every story that ever happened to ‘Batman’ was real and is part of this one guy’s life. – Grant Morrison
You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it’s not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling. – Irrfan Khan
I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire. – Josh Hartnett
Once I’ve ascertained that I’m safe and I’m with a director who is taking care of me, then I’m able to go and do what I need to do and know it’s not me, it’s the story. – Julianne Moore
You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters. – John Lasseter
Every role is physical to a certain extent, but as a viewer, I don’t respond well to actors doing more than they need to tell a story. – Jamie Dornan
Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he’s a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he’s a novel. – James McBride
‘Drown’ was always a hybrid book. It’s connected stories – partially a story collection but partially a novel. I always wanted the reader to decide which genre they thought the book belonged to more – story, novel, neither, both. – Junot Diaz
Your face tells a story and it shouldn’t be a story about your drive to the doctor’s office. – Julia Roberts
A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone’s written the story. He’s supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment. – Jack Vance
If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you’re telling them a story. – Ira Glass