“As for comics, one has only to turn to the characteristic output of Marvel Comics, for the period from about 1961 to about 1975, to find not an expression of base and cynical impulses but of good, old-fashioned liberal humanism of a kind that may strike us today, God help us, as quaint, but which nevertheless appealed, in story after story, to ideals such as tolerance, technological optimism, and self-sacrifice for the benefit of others.” KindMaySelfHelpingStoriesTodayTurnsSacrificeExpressionPeriodsBenefitsIdealsOptimismHumanismStrikesToleranceImpulseCharacteristicsCynicalNeverthelessTechnologicalOld FashionedSelf SacrificeOutputGod HelpQuaintGod Help UsMarvel Comics Author:Michael Chabon
“I often use detective elements in my books. I love detective novels. But I also think science fiction and detective stories are very close and friendly genres, which shows in the books by Isaac Asimov, John Brunner, and Glen Cook. However, whilst even a tiny drop of science fiction may harm a detective story, a little detective element benefits science fiction. Such a strange puzzle.” ThinkingMayLittlesBookStoriesUseShowsFictionNovelStrangeElementsBenefitsScience FictionHarmTinyCooksGenreFriendlyPuzzlesDetectivesIsaacDetective Stories Author:Sergei Lukyanenko
“The writing of a novel or short story or poem or whatever should elevate the audience, not drag the writer down to some level beneath herself. And she - the author - should fight always to prevent that dragging down, especially when the only possible benefit of allowing it to happen is monetary.” ShouldWritingStoriesHappensFightingLevelsNovelAudienceBenefitsAllowingShort StoryDragMonetary Author:Caitlín R. Kiernan
“There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants; but when once they were monopolized to the benefit of a private purse, then the salt decreased; till afterward all were allowed to take of it, when it had a new access and increase. The truth of this story may be uncertain, but the application is true; he that envies others the use of his gifts decays then, but he thrives most that is most diffusive.” MayStoriesUseMountainBenefitsIncreaseEnvyAccessGenerosityAbundanceThriveApplicationSaltDecayUncertainPursesMerchantsCarried Away Author:Herbert Spencer
“I know some stories about "liberation" and stuff that's been liberated by people who turn around and get on their soapbox about how it's unfair that the artists didn't benefit while they're sitting on stuff that they "liberated," but that's another story for another time.” PeopleKnowsStoriesArtistTurnsStuffBenefitsSittingLiberationUnfairLiberatedAnother TimeSoapbox Author:Mike Royer
“If you're a certain type of actor, then eventually stepping into a director's shoes is a natural transition. I've always been the actor who's very focused on the narrative, where my character is in the story, and how I can benefit the story. I've always had a technical aspect of what the lens is, how the camera is going to move, how I can feed the information the director applies within that move. If you're that type of actor, narrative-based, technically proficient, the next step is actually not that far.” IfsI CanCharacterStoriesMovingCertainNextActorsNaturalStepsInformationTypeDirectorsBenefitsAspectCamerasShoesFocusedNarrativeTransitionLensesNext Steps Author:Russell Crowe
“I don't just look at things as an actor. I've also written several films, so I look at it as a storyteller and I know if something worked and should have been in there for the benefit of the story and the benefit of the character.” IfsKnowsShouldLooksHas BeensCharacterStoriesFilmActorsWrittenBenefitsShould HaveStorytellerShould Have Been Author:Charlie Hunnam
“The model we established was to give creative people complete creative freedom in exchange for betting on themselves, so they work for the minimums you're allowed to work for, and if the movies work in a big way, everyone does very well. If the movies don't, nobody loses too much money. The benefit to doing all the movies low budget is we can tell different types of stories and take creative risks. The Purge would have been irresponsible to do for $20M, but to do it for $3M makes sense.” PeopleIfsWayGivingWellsDoeHas BeensDifferentStoriesBigsLosesCreativeToo MuchRiskTypeBenefitsModelsLowsMake SenseBudgetsMinimumIrresponsibleCreative PeopleBettingCreative Freedom Author:Jason Blum
“I think the benefit of being a writer is that I'm looking for the subtext on the page, because all good writing has subtext. And as a writer, you look at the big scope of things, the big story, rather than just your individual story line, because I think it's important to know what you're in and how you fit into it.” ThinkingKnowsWritingLooksImportantStoriesBigsIndividualLinesFitBenefitsPagesScopeGood WritingSubtext Author:Richard Dormer
“A dangerous thesis has taken hold among many in the GOP: that it might be better to lose the '06 election and re-group. In American history, when a faction in the majority party decides the party is tired and could benefit from some time in the wilderness, the voters usually oblige. Most recently, the latest issue of Washington Monthly includes a cover story featuring seven such articles from prominent Republican strategists, insiders and commentators.” StoriesMightLosesPartyIssuesTakenGroupsDangerousRepublicanBenefitsElectionMajorityTiredSevenWildernessLinksVotersArticlesAmerican HistoryCommentatorsFactionsProminentThesisStrategistGopInsiders Author:Larry Sabato
“The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of the war in each story without having to comment on its all-encompassing nature. Turn the page and here are new characters and new situations, but the war remains... Isn't that how life has been for us for over a decade?” WritingHas BeensWarCharacterStoriesAbleTurnsSituationNovelBenefitsPagesRemainsDecadesVersionsCollectionsCommentNew Situations Author:Said Sayrafiezadeh
“If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingStoriesFacesPurposeChallengesSituationMillionsFocusShareCircumstancesBenefitsDeserveDignityBiggerBridgesTragicFace To FaceTouristsAmplificationChallenging Situations Author:Annie Lennox
“On the one hand, I loved being a banker. I loved how numbers could tell a story and how you can invest in ideas and see them translate into products and services and create jobs. What I didn't like, particularly where I was working in Brazil during the debt crisis of the early '80s, was how the poor were excluded from the banking system. I made the decision to try and experiment with whether we could use the tools of banking to extend the benefits of the economy to the poor.” TryingMadeIdeasStoriesUseHandsJobsDecisionPoorNumbersEconomyProductsBenefitsToolsCrisisDebtExperimentsTranslate80sBankingBankersBrazilExcludedBanking SystemDebt Crisis Author:Jacqueline Novogratz
“I think this [ statement that Donald Trump would fight for LGBTQ people] is not just a story of the media spinning people up, but it's a story of special interests on the left, who also feel like their candidate lost, and stoking the flames on the fire because it helps spin up their supporters and help their donations and help their organizations. And it helps, frankly, polarize the country to their short-term benefit and at the expense, frankly, of progress for LGBTQ Americans.” PeopleThinkingFeelsCountryHelpingStoriesFightingLostLeftTermInterestFireProgressSpecialMediaTrumpBenefitsOrganizationStatementsFlamesCandidatesExpensesSupporterShort TermSpinningSpecial InterestsDonation Author:Margaret Hoover
“The inflections of community are important because they get at the very meanings of marriage. Marriage is a gift God gives the church. He does not simply give it to the married people of the church, but to the whole church, just as marriage is designed not only for the benefit of the married couple. It is designed to tell a story to the entire church, a story about God’s own love and fidelity to us” PeopleGivingDoeImportantWholeStoriesCommunityChurchCoupleBenefitsMarriedFidelityMarried Couples Author:Lauren F. Winner
“Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species.” MadeIdeasRealMatterFactsStoriesEffortNovelDivineReaderBenefitsSpeciesAssumptionMade Up Stories Book:The Fault in Our Stars Source: The Fault in Our Stars