“Stories have always been the things that entertain me and make me feel happy and sad and move me and give me the experience of being able to live many lives in one lifetime. It's the best thing about being alive.” GivingFeelsStoriesAbleMovingAliveGive MeLifetimeBest Things Author:Michael Sheen
“The way my books are structured, everyone was together, then they all went their separate ways and the story deltas out like that, and now it’s getting to the point where the story is beginning to delta back in, and the viewpoint characters are occasionally meeting up with each other now and being in the same point at the same time, which gives me a lot more flexibility for killing people.” PeopleWayGivingBookCharacterStoriesTogetherGive MeMeetingsKillingFlexibilityViewpointsDeltaSeparate Ways Author:George R. R. Martin
“A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well applied; But sedentary weavers of long tales Give me the fidgets, and my patience fails.” GivingWellsMayLongFactsStoriesSidesFailingHumourGive MeTalesNativeReignYour SideIllustrationSedentaryWeaversEnlisted Book:The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings Source: The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings
“It gives me great pleasure, a good name. I always in writing start with a name. Give me a name and it produces a story, not the other way about normally.” WayGivingWritingStoriesNamesPleasureProduceGive Me Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“I am working here (in Amsterdam) on my last big triptych, which will be a tremendous story, and which gives me a more intense life and exhilaration. My God, life is worth living!” GivingStoriesBigsLastsLife IsGive MeIntenseWorth LivingGod LifeAmsterdamExhilarationLife Is Worth Living Book:Max Beckmann Source: Max Beckmann
“Hollywood seems to succumb to fads. Well, action films do well. Give me violence. Give me a scene where there's a couple of car chases or shooting and stuff like that. They're forgetting the fact that there's a basic structure to a story that is essential to making it really broad and appealing.” GivingWellsFactsStoriesSeemsActionFilmStuffForgetViolenceCarCoupleSceneEssentialsHollywoodGive MeStructureShootingBroadsFadsAction Films Author:Clint Eastwood
“Write. Don't talk about writing. Don't tell me about your wonderful story ideas. Don't give me a bunch of "somedays." Plant your ass and scribble, type, keyboard. If you have any talent at all, it will leak out despite your failure to pay attention in English.” IfsGivingWritingIdeasStoriesPayAttentionWonderfulTalentTypeGive MePlantBunchAssDespitePay AttentionKeyboardsLeaksScribbles Author:Glen Cook
“I detest the word plot. I never, never think of plot. I think only and solely of character. Give me the characters; I'll tell you a story-maybe a thousand stories. The interaction between and among human beings is the only story worth telling.” ThinkingGivingHumansCharacterStoriesHuman BeingsThousandGive MePlotInteractionDetest Author:Stirling Silliphant
“I've published several virtually invisible novels and several dozen even more invisible short stories over the years, all of which give me joy - unlike the cumulative experience of seeking publishers for them!” GivingYearsStoriesJoyNovelGive MeSeekingInvisibleShort StoryDozenPublishersCumulative Author:Scott Bradfield