“There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is.” ThinkingImportantFocusLimitationStoryline Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I knew everything about her backstory. I skimmed through all the books and read through everything that happened between Sam (Chaske Spencer), Emily and Leah (Julia Jones), so by the time we started filming, I knew everything that had to do with my storyline.” BookHappenedEmilyJuliaStoryline Author:Tinsel Korey
“I was very young, maybe five. The opera was very... I was attracted to opera to the point that I think it's the reason I started to write music for films. I never studied. There are film and music school that teach you how to write music. I never studied that. But the influence of opera, which is a combination of storyline, visuals, staging, plus music... that was perhaps the best school I could have had. That's what gave me the idea of coming to Hollywood to write music for films.” ThinkingWritingIdeasReasonSchoolFilmYoungTeachFiveInfluenceHollywoodCombinationVisualsPlusOperaStorylineStagingBest SchoolFilm And Music Author:Lalo Schifrin
“I continue to explain that plot inconsistencies in B movies are consistent, and should not be allowed to undermine one's enjoyment of the action, nor the fundamental credibility of the storyline: the good & bad guys are clearly delineated & easily recognizable, the hero duffs over the baddies, things blow up loudly & spectacularly, the good guy wins. Entirely credible.” ShouldActionGuyWinningHeroFundamentalsBlowEnjoymentConsistentPlotBad GuysCredibilityGood GuyCredibleInconsistencyStorylineBaddies Author:Robert Fripp
“I thought that I could do some kind of vehicle involving rock musicals and presenting rock and characters and storyline in a completely different fashion.” KindDifferentCharacterRocksFashionVehicleInvolvingPresentingRock MusicStoryline Author:David Bowie
“You do understand that you can't force the situation, but in terms of how you edit, you can define that to take the audience along, whether it be a storyline or a character moment that we can play out. The more experience you've had, the more beneficial it is, period.” PlayMomentsCharacterForceTermSituationAudiencePeriodsBeneficialEditsStoryline Author:Barry Levinson
“It's a long arc and a long storyline, and I think it leaves us in a great place to see how we interact again, whether that be for The Defenders, Jessica Jones Season 2, or whatever. We'll see. I don't know.” ThinkingKnowsLongSeasonsArcsDefendersJessicaStorylineJessica Jones Author:Mike Colter
“Re-introducing Aquaman and getting him to a place like that and then ultimately having him headline a Justice League storyline that crosses over between his book and Justice League really is the culmination of where we've been going with the character since the beginning. His role in this will change the Justice League storyline, it will change him, and it will send them both in new directions.” BookCharacterJusticeRolesCrossesLeagueIntroducingHeadlinesStorylineCulminationNew DirectionsJustice League Author:Geoff Johns
“I'm excited for everybody to see the books. In Justice League #15, there's a lot of other stuff too that's setup in this storyline that's going to explore Superman and Wonder Woman and Cyborg. Cyborg has a huge role in this story, actually, that sends him on a new path as well.” WellsBookStoriesStuffJusticeWonderRolesPathHugeExcitedLeagueStorylineWonder WomanNew PathsSetupsCyborgJustice League Author:Geoff Johns
“I want to do character driven epic storylines with Throne of Atlantis kicking off.” WantCharacterDrivenThronesEpicKickingStorylineAtlantis Author:Geoff Johns
“I don't think we're necessarily drawing from that specific sort of storyline, because I think we're all just super-blessed and grateful to have a show on HBO and to be working together and employed. But we are definitely speaking to things that our friends have experienced and others in our realm have experienced, for sure.” ThinkingShowsTogetherBlessedGratefulDrawingRealmsWorking TogetherEmployedStorylineHbo Author:Steve Zissis
“Some of my favorite moments from The Vampire Diaries were from season 3. I found the storyline between Stefan and Klaus to be extremely compelling. It was a friend/foe type friendship, rooted in depth that took us back to the 1920s.” MomentsFoundTypeSeasonsDepthMy FavoriteVampireRootedCompellingFoeDiariesStorylineVampire Diaries Author:Paul Wesley
“I find it difficult to fully enjoy musical theatre songs if I don't know the storyline of the show they are from as well as the context.” IfsKnowsWellsShowsSongEnjoyDifficultMusicalTheatreStorylineMusical Theatre Author:Christian Campbell
“Marvel's really smart about continuing the storylines of all the different movies from Ultron into this one and blah to blah to blah - it's pretty seamless. So where we left off in Ultron is definitely picked up in Cap 3 here, pretty smoothly I think.” ThinkingDifferentLeftSmartContinuingCapsReally SmartStorylineBlahSeamless Author:Jeremy Renner
“I've done a nude scene and I felt it was appropriate to the storyline and I thought it was done in a respectful way and I felt comfortable doing it. But there are obviously going to be scenarios - not necessarily in this job, but in other jobs to come - where the question will be posed to me 'Will I want to do nude scenes?' and I would have to consider that as its own thing. And not just something to say yes to because I have done so before. It really is circumstantial.” WayWantDoneJobsFeltSceneComfortableAppropriateScenariosRespectfulStoryline Author:Nathalie Emmanuel
“I make the music as if I was scoring it. I do my best that the sounds will fit the theme of that track, but then there are many other times where it can be random and things happen for no reason, just for fun! A storyline can let me organize changes in the music better, like acts in a play.” IfsReasonPlayHappensFunSoundFitMusic IsLet MeTrackThings HappenThemeNo ReasonOrganizeStorylineJust For Fun Author:DJ QBert
“I've seen my kids' work at school, and I think they're better than when I was young, 'cause I was brainwashed into anti-Communism. This is a much more interesting view of history than I've ever seen, and I hope to God it works. It's classic history, classically told. No talking heads. Just pure archival footage and a storyline.” ThinkingKidsSchoolYoungCausesInterestingViewsTalkingPureCommunismClassicWorking ItBrainwashedStorylineTalking HeadsAnti Communism Author:Oliver Stone
“I'm not sure if we're going to or not because what happens is I'd always love to see certain characters back, there's so many. Some of it has to do with, if we want them back, are they available and the other aspect is do they fit with the storyline we're telling.” IfsWantCharacterHappensCertainFitAspectAvailableNot SureStoryline Author:Aaron Korsh
“Textbooks pretty much have no real drama. They have no real storyline. To the extent they have a storyline.” RealDramaTextbooksStoryline Author:James W. Loewen
“I get told I'm too good-looking for a lot of roles. They don't write roles people would think I'm supposed to play as often as they used to - the rom-com pretty-boy storylines.” PeopleThinkingWritingPlayUsedBoysRolesLooking GoodStorylinePretty Boy Author:Nico Tortorella
“I encounter many Christians who've been raised in the church but never realized that there's a cohesive storyline from Genesis to Revelation.” ChristianChurchRaisedEncountersRevelationsGenesisStoryline Author:David Kim
“When you get divorced and remarried, nobody gets discarded. Everybody is still there. Even if their storyline is not directly yours.” IfsStillsDivorcedDiscardedStoryline Author:Ann Patchett
“[John Musker] got me reading the mythology and we very early on we worked up a basic storyline centered around the character of Maui. He just seemed like a great character to kind of build a movie around. He's this mythic demi-god, bigger than life character. He pulled up islands with his magical fishhook. He slowed down the sun. He's Pan Pacific.” KindCharacterReadingSunBiggerMythologyIslandsPacificGreat CharacterStorylineMauiBigger Than Life Author:Ron Clements
“There are stories of Maui everywhere in the South Pacific. They're different. Different areas have different interpretations. But and so we [with John Musker] fashioned, that was kind of the inspiration and we came up with a very simple basic storyline, focusing on Maui.” KindDifferentStoriesInspirationSimpleAreasSouthInterpretationPacificStorylineMauiDifferent Interpretations Author:Ron Clements
“It was always said you couldn't have two sisters less alike. In a way [princess] Elizabeth was always internalizing everything and [princess] Margaret was always externalizing everything, so that became the basis. The storyline becomes about these two sisters: they're fighting for their position or trying to establish their identity in the world alongside each other and in relation to this establishment which only those two were a part of.” WorldWayTryingSaidTwoFightingIdentityPositionBasesRelationEstablishmentPrincessStorylineTwo SistersInternalizing Author:Vanessa Kirby
“We needed to do "Community Project" to feel comfortable doing our own thing, and then "That's It That's All" was this experiment with camera technology and shooting snowboarding a little differently. "Art of Flight" was that dream of "That's it That's All" realized. Then we didn't want to make an "Art of Flight 2," so we stepped back and tried to take a different approach to create a more multi-faceted film. "The Fourth Phase" has more of a storyline, and it was much more personal for me.” WantFeelsLittlesArtDifferentDreamFilmCommunityTechnologyNeededComfortableProjectsApproachCamerasExperimentsFlightShootingFourthPhasesStorylineSnowboardingDifferent Approach Author:Travis Rice
“Fear can come across in absence of sharp corners, locked windows in hotel rooms, locks, passwords, security...fairytales (the type of storylines)...in fact everywhere.” FactsRoomsSecurityTypeWindowCornersAbsenceHotelLockedLocksFairytaleHotel RoomsStorylinePasswords Author:Martin Lindstrom
“I love that the book [Paper Girls ] gets to kind of evolve and change in each era. Our third storyline is our best so far.” KindBookGirlPaperThirdsErasEvolveStoryline Author:Brian K. Vaughan
“To the extent that our political dialogue is such where everything is under suspicion, everybody is corrupt and everybody is doing things for partisan reasons, and all of our institutions are full of malevolent actors - if that's the storyline that's being put out there by whatever party is out of power, then when a foreign government introduces that same argument with facts that are made up, voters who have been listening to that stuff for years, who have been getting that stuff every day from talk radio or other venues, they're going to believe it.” IfsYearsBelieveHas BeensMadeReasonFactsGovernmentPoliticalActorsStuffPartyListeningArgumentInstitutionsRadioDialogueVotersIntroducingSuspicionPartisansVenuesStorylineTalk RadioPolitical Dialogue Author:Barack Obama
“This is reverent. This is Star Wars, damn it. You don't screw around with it. The things that were improv'd or added that developed on set weren't huge departures as far as storyline or anything like that goes. They just were clarifications in character or, at the best moments, they spoke to the moment in the story in a way that, at least with Kaytoo, tended to be funny.” WayWarMomentsCharacterStoriesStarsHugeDamnSpokesScrewsDepartureStorylineBest MomentsClarification Author:Alan Tudyk
“We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.” SocialIssuesEthicalExaminationStoryline Author:David E. Kelley
“I think it was just part of the storyline [in CSI: Miami] and the producer called me beforehand and said, 'Listen, I am going to kind of do something with your character that looks like she might get fired, but I just want to reassure you that we're going to have you back,' and I thought, 'Oh god, I hope that is true.'” ThinkingWantLooksKindSaidCharacterMightProducersMiamiStorylineCsiCsi Miami Author:Boti Bliss
“I think all good narration contains an element of mystery and suspense. If it didn't, if the storyline were predictable, we would have no interest in reading it.” IfsThinkingReadingInterestMysteryElementsSuspensePredictableStorylineNarration Author:James Lee Burke
“The worst thing that can happen is when you have gone weeks and months into elaborate sequences and the storyline of the film changes and you find out they don't need it. Sometimes you don't shoot those sequences, or they have been shot and then get edited out of the sequence you've shot gets changed and needs to be redone. That can be hard. It's not heartbreaking, but you do tend to think, "Och, all that work and effort." But that's filming, you know? You put all of these modular things into the pot, and sometimes they don't all get used.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsHas BeensSometimesHardHappensFilmUsedEffortGoneWeekWorstChangedMonthsShotsPotWorst ThingsSequenceHeartbreakingEditedStoryline Author:Wade Eastwood
“A lot of kind of like the way that Andy [Bernard] talks, you know, the writers pick up on those things - little moments that I inject and then they start to write it in later. It's hard to say if a whole storyline is spun out of an improv. I feel like it has happened on The Office, I just can't think of it.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsWritingKindLittlesHardWholeMomentsHappenedOfficePicksSpunStorylineLittle Moments Author:Ed Helms
“[With] this show [This Is Us], I don't think I was seeking something outside of the world I'd always played in so much as I'm ruled by characters. If it's a great character, I'm invested. It doesn't matter what the genre, what the storyline, anything.” IfsThinkingWorldMatterCharacterShowsSeekingGenreGreat CharacterStoryline Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“The other great thing about it, that seems to be the case in streaming, is that a lot more scripts are written before you start. Because they are planning on allowing it all up at one time, you have four or five scripts to read and an outline of where it's going to go. The writers aren't chasing their tails as much. You're able to see the beginning, middle and end of a storyline, and that is rare. Streaming allows that, in a way that network TV doesn't.” WayEndsSeemsAbleCasesFiveFourWrittenMiddleTvsScriptsPlanningGreat ThingsAllowingOne TimeTailsChasingOutlinesStreamingStorylineBeginning Middle And End Author:Tom Riley
“For me, my storyline [in Big Little Lies] is very complicated and nuanced. [The script] was so beautifully written. It was very, very easy to play. ... I think one of the scenes is almost eight minutes.” ThinkingLittlesPlayBigsLyingEasyWrittenMinutesSceneScriptsComplicatedEightStoryline Author:Nicole Kidman
“I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.” ThinkingStoriesProblemBigsLinesFansBrilliantMillionaireStorylineSlumdog Millionaire Author:Salman Rushdie
“I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I'll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points, and then I'll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingIdeasHelpingStoriesNotebookAmusingEditsAnecdotesStoryline Author:Al Yankovic
“If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and what they're chasing.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingWellsEnoughCharacterPassionFlawsChasingStoryline Author:Felicia Day
“(Talks about Lucky You) "The song was about a girl who didn't fit in and she didn't care and she was different than everyone else. I think there's a long chorus of me singing "Do do do do do do do do do do". It's very young and I look back and it's kind of interesting to hear those kind of storylines and the lyrics that I used to write compared to the lyrics that I write now.” ThinkingWritingLooksKindLongDifferentCareYoungUsedSongGirlInterestingFitLuckySingingChorusStorylineLucky You Author:Taylor Swift
“exemplar, n. It's always something we have to negotiate- the face that my parents are happy, and yours have never been. I have something to live up to, and if I fail, I still have a family to welcome me home. You have a storyline to rewrite, and a lack of faith that it can ever be done. You love my parents, I know. But you never get too close. You never truly believe there aren't bad secrets underneath.” IfsKnowsBelieveStillsDoneHomeFacesParentSecretFailingWelcomeStorylineLack Of FaithLove My Parents Author:David Levithan
“The next time you look into the mirror, try to let go of the storyline that says you're too fat or too sallow, too ashy or too old, your eyes are too small or your nose too big; just look into the mirror and see your face. When the criticism drops away, what you will see then is just you, without judgment, and that is the first step towards transforming your experience of the world.” WorldInspirationalTryingFirstsLooksBigsEyeFacesNextBeautyStepsLetting GoJudgmentCriticismMirrorsFatsNosesYour FaceFirst StepsNext TimeTransformingStoryline Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I don't care how good a song is. If it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.” IfsWritingCareSongAudienceDon't CareI Don't CarePlotRejectsSongwritingStoryline Author:Dorothy Fields
“I went for an audition, which was shrouded in all kinds of secrecy to keep the storyline under wraps, and 5 days later I was in Atlanta and 700 years older.” YearsKindAll KindsAuditionsSecrecyWrapsAtlantaStoryline Author:Lauren Cohan
“The worst storyline Ive ever been involved in I wasnt involved in, because I was clever enough to get pregnant with my second child and they wrote me out and they replaced me with Christine Jones. And thank God - that was the worst storyline.” ChildrenEnoughWorstInvolvedCleverPregnancyThank GodPregnantReplacedStorylineChristine Author:Erika Slezak
“The Playtex Secrets survey truly uncovered some thought-provoking and provocative secrets of real American housewives. In fact, many of the findings would make great fodder for a storyline on the show!” RealFactsShowsSecretFindingsThought ProvokingProvokingSurveysHousewifeProvocativeStorylineFodder Author:Alfre Woodard
“Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don't throw cabbages at me in the market.” PeopleWayStorylineCabbage Author:Alfre Woodard