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“Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story.”

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“A good story remains a good story, whether it is on glossy paper or a mobile phone display, is carved into marble tablets or appears as a Bild headline.”

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Author:Mathias Dopfner

“I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.”

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Author:Cass McCombs

“Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth.”

Stories Telling The Truth Spoil Good Story

Author:Isabella Stewart Gardner

“As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead End' had a great story; 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' of course, was probably the first real horror film I was in.”

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Author:Lin Shaye

“There were certainly some people who wanted me to do a feel-good story that affirmed a lot of very commonly held beliefs.”

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Author:Adrian Tomine

“In most good stories, it is the character's personality that creates the action of the story. If you start with real personality, a real character, then something is bound to happen.”

Ifs Real Character Stories Happens Action Personality Bounds Good Story Real Character

Author:Flannery O'Connor

“I think people are tired of being slammed with foul language and sexual content that really has nothing to do with (telling a good story).”

People Thinking Stories Language Tired Foul Good Story Foul Language

Author:Shari Wiedmann

“I love comedy. I love to make people laugh. (But) anything that's telling a good story makes me happy. So, I just like to be part of the storytelling process.”

People Stories Process Laughing Comedy Storytelling Good Story Making People Laugh Make Me Happy

Author:Teryl Rothery

“(I want to) make good stories that have a redemptive message and allow people to dig into their own lives and personal struggles and go "Am I like this? Do I have these flaws too?" and open up a conversation.”

People Want Stories Struggle Conversation Messages Flaws Good Story Personal Struggle

Author:Drew Waters

“It's the purest form of silver and our tagline is "Taking the 'except fors' out of movies." We're trying to make movies with pure story - without the derogatory sex, violence and language to (rely on) a good story.”

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Author:Drew Waters

“For me, it doesn't matter whether it's a comedy, a Western or horror. As long as you've got a good story to tell, the genre almost doesn't matter. As an actor playing the role, it's all rooted in reality.”

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Author:Patrick Wilson

“My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give the character a voice. Those were my only expectations.”

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Author:Uzo Aduba

“A good story needs only a good storyteller.”

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Author:Richard Bausch

“The best way to spoil a good story is by sticking to the facts.”

Way Facts Stories Best Way Spoil Good Story

Author:Evan Esar

“...book-buyers aren't attracted, by and large, by the literary merits of a novel: book-buyers want a good story...something that will first fascinate them, then pull them in and keep them turning the pages.”

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Author:Stephen King

“An individual who expresses high confidence probably has a good story, which may or may not be true.”

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Author:Daniel Kahneman

“I think a good story, well told is a good story, well told, whether you're watching the episodes all in a row or not. However, it might be fun to take a closer look at how the previous episode ends and how that end relates to the beginning of the next episode.”

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Author:Jenji Kohan

“A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.”

Reason Stories Difficult Poor Difficulty Difficult Things Good Story

Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.”

People Trying Stories Common Good Story Common Denominator

Author:Frank Spotnitz

“If I get lucky and I can choose, I would always choose a really good story and screenplay, even if I don't know the director. If there's a good screenplay, there's a chance that something good is going to happen.”

Ifs Knows I Can Stories Happens Chance Lucky Directors Good Story Screenplays

Author:Ayelet Zurer

“It's so pretentious, but I believe that with comedy, if you have a good story, 90% of it is casting. Once you get the guys and gals in there, it's pretty easy to make a funny movie.”

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Author:Matt Walsh

“I've done so many movies with first-time directors, and honestly I just go with gut instinct. People that usually can tell me a good story, and talk to me about why the movie is the movie they want to make. I just go with my gut.”

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Author:Neal H. Moritz

“I love comedy, I love drama, and I love telling good stories.”

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Author:Kim Wayans

“Why ruin a good story with the truth?”

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Author:Woody Allen

“Over the years, there certainly have been plenty of ideas that I've had and given up on, but for this one, the only thing that was standing in its way was me doing it - I just had to write it... And then if it didn't happen, it didn't happen. But I didn't want it to be for lack of effort on my part, so I had hunch that it would be a good story and that we would work well together. And it certainly worked out that way.”

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Author:Paul Reiser

“[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.”

Stories Government Turns Good Story Ruts

Author:Nick Clegg

“But I live an interesting life and I can tell a pretty good story and it has helped my career. But the downside is people know everything.”

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Author:Artie Lange

“We want to make sure the stories that show up in Path are both good stories and are a big part of people's lives.”

People Want Stories Shows Bigs Path Good Story

Author:Dave Morin

“People just want good stories.”

People Want Stories Good Story

Author:Brian K. Vaughan

“I want to be known for good work first. A good story and good delivery is just that - period.”

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Author:Megan Alexander

“When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.”

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Author:Ben Stein

“A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.”

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Source: 41 Stories: 150th Anniversary Edition

“In America, where writers are preoccupied with the craft of writing, I always try to introduce this concept of the badly written good story. Turning the hierarchy around and putting passion on top and not craft, because when you just focus on craft, you can write something that is very sterile.”

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Author:Etgar Keret

“I'll find something in what I read that snags my imagination in emotional terms; it resonates with me for reasons more complicated than just that it seems like it would make a good story.”

Reason Stories Seems Term Imagination Emotional Complicated My Imagination Good Story

Author:Jim Shepard

“Even the sad roots songs have a lot of good stories to them, and the murder ballads are good too. I mean, who doesn't like to watch a nice gory murder film on TV?”

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Author:Valerie June

“Not only is a good prank harmless, but, like a good story, it reveals an essential truth that would otherwise be hidden.”

Stories Essentials Good Story Pranks

Author:Mac Barnett

“That's always disappointing when you find a good story and you realize the person has died, because then it's difficult to report.”

Persons Stories Difficult Realizing Died Reports Good Story Disappointing

Author:Joshuah Bearman

“In general, teaching writing makes me a far better reader because there's so many ways to write a good sentence or a good story, and as a teacher I'm obliged to consider them all, rather than staying in the safety of my own tendencies.”

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Author:Leni Zumas

“I remember hearing a good story about Jack Nicholson working with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining [1980]. Nicholson was saying that, as an actor, you always want to try to make things real. And believable. When he was working with Kubrick, he finished a take and said, "I feel like that was real." And Kubrick said, "Yes, it's real, but it's not interesting".”

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Author:Owen Wilson

“Most of the stories I have go downhill quickly. In all honesty most of the good stories I have, no one else would think is funny.”

Thinking Stories Honesty Good Story

Author:JD Era

“You just have to go with a good story and a script that you like and people that you like to work with.”

People Stories Scripts Good Story

Author:Thomas Jane

“I love telling good stories and I love playing powerful, strong women.”

Stories Strong Powerful Strong Women Good Story

Author:Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer

“The telling of a good story, especially one that is real and true, is always exciting.”

Real Stories Exciting Good Story

Author:Aeriel Miranda

“Even films without music are inspiring, as I think a good story is full of changes, different paces, and ideas.”

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Author:Volker Bertelmann

“I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years down the line." Sleepwalking wasn't a vehicle for me, it was a film that pushed the envelope. I want to produce good stories, versus creating a niche where I can look after myself as an actor.”

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Author:Charlize Theron

“I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of my body in various ways, and the really good ones were stimulating more than one organ. An effective story grabs your gut, tightens your throat, makes your heart race and your lungs pump, brings tears to your eyes or an explosion of laughter to your lips.”

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Author:Christopher Vogler

“Alison [McGhee] and I have known each other since the summer of 2001. One evening we were sitting around talking about how we wished we had a good story to work on. Alison said: Why don't we work on a story together? I said: A story about what? And Alison said: A story about a short girl and a tall girl.”

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Author:Kate DiCamillo

“A good story needs conflict, and virtual reality is a great hypothetical way to create conflict. ... In some ways, the future is going to be more boring than we think.”

Thinking Way Needs Stories Reality Conflict Boring Good Story Virtual Reality Hypothetical

Author:Palmer Luckey

“You have such a sacred responsibility when you touch John Lewis's story, when you touch the story of the movement. You don't want to leave anything out, but you want to tell a good story so the people will read it and they're engaged and they don't fall apart with extraneous details.”

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Author:Andrew Aydin

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