Any story that Billy Wilder told, you can tell in a Western.
Black history is American history. You cannot tell one story without telling the other.
This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
When I was writing my first novel, 'Where the Line Bleeds,' which had young black men as its main characters, I was very invested in telling the story and also very worried about the effects the story would have.
The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.
Once I wrapped 'Insurgent', I went to Boston and shot a film called 'The Finest Hours.' It's based on a real story in 1952 about a Coast Guard mission to rescue these sinking ships that are caught in a blizzard.
For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional.
A good love story always keeps the pot boiling.
A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
Kentucky has always said you can't really make bourbon outside of Kentucky because it's a combination of the barrels and the limestone-fed springs that give us the water. That's our story, and we're sticking to it.
The records - what little we know about Shakespeare, including the records of the plays in his playhouse - were often the story of how quickly they came off if they didn't work. They had to move on. They were absolutely led by box office.
I really didn't want to be boxed into becoming a certain kind of film-maker - becoming the Maori story film-maker because I had made those short films.
Whenever I write a story, I hope it appeals to both boys and girls.
With 'Durable Goods,' I meant only to write about being an army brat. What emerged was a story about compassion - the need for it, the expression of it.
I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.
Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation.
There's no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don't wish I were covering.
There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
I really believe that studying organization, even in the form of studying detective story organization, is very, very valuable for a playwright, a budding playwright.
Bank of America is the story of some of the most ambitious, aggressive bank builders on the face of the planet.
