“I suppose everybody does get attached to characters whether in movies or in stories, but I think that's part of the reason you get involved with literature is because there's somebody that grabs you about it and then you want to figure out why.” ThinkingWantDoeReasonCharacterStoriesLiteratureFiguresInvolvedGet Involved Author:Louis Menand
“I wouldn't have thought that the techniques of story-telling, which is what the novel is after all, can vary much because there are two things involved.There's a story and there's a listener, whose attention you have to keep. Now the only way in which you can keep a reader's attention to a story is in his wanting to know what is going to happen next. This puts a fairly close restriction on the method you must use.” KnowsWayTwoStoriesUseHappensNextAttentionNovelReaderInvolvedMethodTechniqueTwo ThingsListenersRestrictionVary Author:William Golding
“The story [in 12 Years a Slave] serves as a metaphor for the fear of having your family taken away, and for being abused in such a horrific way. I lost it a lot of times watching that film, particularly when seeing the grace of the man when he finally makes it back home aged, changed, forever brutalized, and yet he apologizes to his family for his long absence. That was such a profoundly moving moment capturing the triumph of dignity over the disgraceful behavior of those involved in the slave trade.” MenWayYearsLongMomentsStoriesHomeFilmMovingLostForeverTakenGraceSeeingChangedHe ManInvolvedBehaviorDignityTradeSlaveMetaphorAbsenceTriumphOur FamilyApologizingBack HomeHorrificDisgracefulSlave Trade Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I can actually get involved in getting stories off the ground that no one would ask me to be in because I'm the wrong age, the wrong sex, the wrong nationality, or whatever. I've found it quite exhilarating to have that freedom to tell the stories that aren't just about middle-aged white English guys.” I CanStoriesAgeGuyAsksFoundSexWhiteMiddleInvolvedAsk MeGet InvolvedNationalityExhilaratingMiddle Aged Author:Colin Firth
“I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.” KnowsWantLooksCharacterStoriesHappensNextInterestInvolved Author:Curtis Hanson
“[ James Comey] was acting in concert and coordination with the House Republicans. End of story. He gave a letter to them. They gave it to FOX News. Also, we have this extraordinary case of the KGB being involved in this race and selectively leaking things from the [Hillary] Clinton campaign that they hacked.” EndsStoriesHouseActingRaceCasesInvolvedRepublicanNewsLettersClintonExtraordinaryCampaignsConcertsFoxesFox NewsCoordinationHackedKgb Author:James Carville
“I once wrote that Black Americans are involved in an intriguing experiment to see if an oppressed minority can continue to march forward if there is not a strong and vibrant left-wing and radical movement. That's not an experiment I would recommend, although the story is still unfolding and we will see how it unfolds, but they are not the sort of conditions in which an oppressed minority should have to struggle.” IfsShouldStillsStoriesLeftStrongBlackStruggleConditionsMovementInvolvedShould HaveWingsExperimentsRadicalMinoritiesMarchOppressedUnfoldingIntriguingLeft Wing Author:Gerald Horne
“I want to do film and TV. I want to make good stories. I want to write; I want to be more involved.” WantWritingStoriesFilmTvsInvolvedGood Story Author:Alia Shawkat
“I want to be involved in a story that makes a difference.” WantStoriesDifferencesInvolvedMaking A Difference Author:Jessica Chastain
“When I wrote the story ["The Cartographers"], I'd just gone through a breakup with a woman I'd loved dearly. Without this other person in my life, the memories we'd shared often felt like phantoms. Who was this person I once loved? Did she still really exist? The answer, on a metaphysical level, was that this person didn't still exist. She'd gone on to become a different person, an individual with new hopes and dreams which no longer involved me.” PersonsStillsDifferentStoriesDreamIndividualFeltMemoriesAnswersLevelsGoneInvolvedBreakupMetaphysicalPhantomsHopes And DreamsNew Hope Author:Alexander Weinstein
“I had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a bad student I barely passed my exams and I barely bothered about books. It was sports all the time. I started reading and got involved in literature and writing. The few cases I handled gave me the material for my early short stories.” WritingBookStoriesSchoolReadingLiteratureSportsCasesStudentsCollegeMaterialsInvolvedLawyerShort StoryBotheredExamCollege Days Author:Khushwant Singh