“I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later.” IfsWantYearsSaidStoriesAgeRememberMotherSimpleRoomsFrontsTvsMomConversationMy MomWatching Tv Author:Derek Luke
“Before college, I acted in my room, to classical music, because music tells stories. I'd put on a record and proceed, silently. I'd keep putting the needle back to a certain segment because I hadn't died well enough. I had to really, really feel dead. I'd love to do a death scene.” FeelsWellsEnoughStoriesCertainRoomsRecordsCollegeSceneMusic IsDiedClassical MusicNeedles Author:Amanda Plummer
“Any film I've made, I've only really begun to understand in the cutting room. That's when the story shows itself to you, like a wreck coming out of the sea.” MadeStoriesShowsFilmRoomsCuttingSeaComing OutWrecks Author:Roger Michell
“Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.” WayDifferentStoriesJobsFilmActorsRoomsTvsTheatreDifferent WaysPrincipal Author:Sylvester McCoy
“When the next generation of content is developed, we have to think in a totally different way. Think about it more symbolically. The main story that you see on the TV screen is maybe like the living room of a house. But there are various other rooms in this house that you will otherwise never see. But if you use the Internet, you find out what's in the attic. And if you use the cell phone, you find out what's on the first floor. And on another medium, you find out what's in the cellar.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsDifferentStoriesUseNextHouseRoomsGenerationsTvsInternetPhonesVariousScreensMediumsCellsDifferent WaysNext GenerationCell PhoneLiving RoomCellarsAttics Author:Cyriac Roeding
“Pirates of the Caribbean, move over! Make room for a crew of mouse-privateers who will capture your hearts and stop your breath with their thrilling sea-going adventures! A wonderful story, full of bold mice, good and wicked, who will show you what courage really means.” HeartMeanStoriesShowsMovingRoomsWonderfulSeaAdventureBreathsWickedCaptureCrewMiceThrillingReally MeanPirateCaribbean Author:Lynne Reid Banks
“You grow a whole lot more as a writer by getting old stories out of the house and letting new ones come in and live with you until they grow up and are ready to go. Don't let the old ones stay there and grow fat and cranky and eat all the food out of the refrigerator. You have dozens of generations of stories inside you, but the only way to make room for the new ones is to write the old ones and mail them off.” WayWritingWholeStoriesHouseGrowsRoomsGrowing UpGenerationsReadyFatsDozenMailGetting OldRefrigeratorsCranky Author:Orson Scott Card
“I think sometimes we look at other people's marriages and we think they must always be so happy together. I don't know anybody who's married for a long time who hasn't somehow made room in their love story for the hate and resentment that they sometimes feel toward each other.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsLooksLongMadeSometimesStoriesTogetherHateRoomsMarriedLong TimeLove StoryResentmentHappy Together Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“No music. No rituals. At home I write in my office or on the laptop in the kitchen where our puppy likes to sleep, and I love his company. But I've trained myself to be able to work anywhere, and I write on trains, planes, in automobiles (if I'm not the driver), airports, hotel rooms. I travel often. If I couldn't write wherever I was I would get little done. I also can write in short bursts. Fifteen minutes are enough to move a story forward.” IfsWritingLittlesDoneEnoughStoriesHomeAbleMovingSleepRoomsCompanyMinutesOfficeTrainLikesPlanesKitchenHotelDriversRitualFifteenAirportsAutomobilePuppyLaptopsHotel Rooms Author:Gail Carson Levine
“It's weird: I was in a conference room, shouting out story ideas in the voices of different characters, and it was something I had to learn because I'd never been in that atmosphere. But I think I had a quick learning curve, because this is the job I was supposed to have.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentCharacterStoriesJobsVoiceRoomsAtmosphereCurvesConferencesShoutingDifferent CharactersLearning Curve Author:Mindy Kaling
“Frankly, as much as I love to improvise, it hasn't been difficult to stick to the script on 'Mad Men.' The writing is so precise, and the story so carefully crafted, that I don't think there's room - or need - for ad libbing. I could never come up with dialogue as lovely as these writers do, anyway.” ThinkingMenNeedsWritingStoriesDifficultRoomsMadSticksScriptsCome UpLovelyDialogueAdsPreciseMad Men Author:Rich Sommer