A collection, for me, is a book of very diverse stories that somehow speak to each other, across wide geography, across time, years, decades.
If a novel or a story works, you don't stop thinking about it; it doesn't truly end.
It's always a long goddamn story. Every time you ask anyone anything really important, it's a long story.
A big part of the story is American imperialism, and the flip side of that is the building up of the national security state here at home.
I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.
I've wanted to direct for a long time, but it had to be a story I wanted to tell. The writer's job is to find the story that he should tell.
I learned early on that there are all sorts of stories I have no place telling.
I can't stop terrorism; I can't cure cancer. But I can put some stories out there in their own quiet way that talk about tolerance.
I want to write stories that don't help you escape life, but embrace life.
It's nice when you can tell stories that brush up against the world we live in.
All our heroes, all our great stories are about failure.
You could not tell a story like this. A story like this you could only feel.
'A Christmas Story' has always meant a lot to me personally.
Why should Americans care about the Nazi back story in World War II? If you don't have the Nazi back story in World War II, World War II is simply not comprehensible.
You want to have a song that people will listen to and go, 'Oh, yeah! That reminds me of something in my life,' or, 'something I'm currently going through,' or maybe something happens later and you hear the song and go, 'Wow! That really was telling a story that I can relate to now.' That's my hope.
In constructing our narratives, we identify which particular events or experiences were formative or transformative. In telling our stories, we also claim some authority over our own experiences and their meanings.
It's always a good starting point to tell a story that has many layers.
The story of one person is the story of all of humanity.
What counts in a good story is the person inside. Keep it simple.
Anne DeGrace is a gifted story teller and Far From Home contains some of her most intriguing characters. Thoroughly enjoyable.
If it's a story that I feel is exciting and necessary, those are really motivating factors for me.
While this is a chapter that has closed in our life, it is not the end of the story for Randy [White] or for Paula - or maybe even Randy and Paula. And we stand in full cooperation, in full support of each other, and especially for the cause of Christ.
When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make the path.
A lie hides the truth. A story tries to find it.
The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.
