When I staged the play and narrated my story to the audience, people found it amazing that after facing so many hardships, I have gone on to do 482 films.
In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.
By the very nature of his art, which depends on invention and innovation, a story teller must depart from the beaten track and, having done so, occasionally startle and disagree with some of his associates. Healthy disagreement we must have.
A mental shutdown can happen when a young person is put in front of a Shakespeare play. My pieces are designed to release young audiences into the story and then creep up with the real Shakespeare, almost by stealth.
My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few.
If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong.
As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
When WCW first really began to enjoy the success that we enjoyed, it was because of the story lines that we were putting out in front of people.
When you are producing for ABC, you are producing for a big tent network. So when you are thinking about your story lines and characters, you are thinking about broad appeal. When you are producing for a niche interest, you are producing for a different audience.
I can be so blown away by story lines.
Political reporters and political professionals rushed to judgment against Romney because we crave clear, unambiguous story lines.
'Skins' is actually a part of who I am as a person, so I was really focused on making sure the scripts and the story lines were right.
Most of my books begin with a nap on my couch here, when I dream up characters and story lines, and then I write on my laptop in the recliner and handle the business side of email at my desk, which is sagging in the middle - maybe from so many words?
'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
I text with my dad during every 'Scandal' episode. We talk story lines, acting, and fashion.
Basically, all novelists should want to tell a story, and if they don't want to, they shouldn't be novelists. I think story-telling is important and underrated.
One guy records the voices, another guy times the storyboard, another guy times the sheets, one guy is the story editor. All these jobs should be covered by the director.
It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.
Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can't really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience.
With 'Brooklyn,' I knew the story I wanted to tell, and I just had a very strong sense that if I turned the volume up a little bit, it could be something really special.
