“I'm a big believer in giving teens a voice and opportunities to share their stories and experiences.” GivingStoriesBigsOpportunityVoiceShareBelieverTeens Author:Deborah Reber
“A part of what makes myths live is their multiplicity, the way different voices retell them in every generation. Homer survives because his poetry was outstanding, yes, but also because he's been passed down by so many by luminaries like Vergil and Ovid, Shakespeare, James Joyce and Margaret Atwood, but also by countless others. I wanted to do my part for these tremendous stories.” WayDifferentStoriesWantedVoiceGenerationsMythOutstandingMultiplicityJoyceDifferent Voices Author:Madeline Miller
“I can't say L'Etranger influenced me to write, but for the first time I considered the possibility of telling a story that resembled my own experiences in my own voice.” WritingFirstsI CanStoriesVoiceMy OwnPossibilityFirst Time Author:Sefi Atta
“The inspiration is all in the script, in the text. So whatever it is, either it is a film or a book to be illustrated, anything. Everything you need to know is in the text. So the thing is trying to find right tone and voice, the right style, the right way of expressing the emotions in a story or in the location of the story, but it is all in the text.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingBookStoriesInspirationFilmVoiceEmotionStyleScriptsToneLocationRight Way Author:Dave McKean
“There are many readers of the book, who don't know anything about the authors and the artists. There is more than one author. It doesn't matter, if you can't make the reader dive into the story and surround him with that environment and those characters. That's an experience that lasts longer than figuring out who did what. I think that's what makes our working relationship better, it helps us to make a book that feels unique and not like different voices.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsBookDifferentMatterCharacterHelpingStoriesLastsArtistVoiceEnvironmentReaderUniqueSurroundDifferent Voices Author:Gabriel Ba
“Style is like voice, it grows organically from the truth of one's own life experience. Not in terms of chapters, per se, but in terms of stories. It is the story itself that creates an inherent structure.” StoriesGrowsVoiceTermStyleStructureLife ExperienceChaptersInherent Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“I will be gone from here and sing my songs/ In the forest wilderness where the wild beasts are,/ And carve in letters on the little trees/ The story of my love, and as the trees/ Will grow letters too will grow, to cry/ In a louder voice the story of my love.” LittlesStoriesSongGrowsVoiceGoneTreeCryLettersForestsBeastWildernessWild Beasts Book:The Eclogues of Virgil Source: The Eclogues of Virgil
“For me, the only ego that needs serving in putting together a film is the story's, the ego of the story and it's the piece itself that you want to bring out the voice of the piece. You're really serving that and that's the thing that you have a basic understanding of.” WantNeedsStoriesTogetherFilmUnderstandingVoicePiecesEgoServing Author:Julia Ormond
“Being a writer is a solitary life. So the little part of me that's an actor still enjoys the theatrical part of reading and doing the voices and telling the story.” LittlesStillsStoriesReadingActorsEnjoyVoiceSolitaryTheatricalSolitary Life Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“I'm constantly telling young people that their voices and stories are important. Making a movie is such a large-scale, intense operation that imagining that you "deserve" to be making it is - well, complex.” PeopleWellsImportantStoriesYoungVoiceDeserveComplexesScalesIntenseOperationsLarge Scale Author:Josephine Decker
“For me becoming a filmmaker was about taking back my voice - crafting stories that would move away from the problematic narratives that the studio system would put out about Latinos. I think this is why people like my films. They're refreshing. They feel more real.” PeopleThinkingFeelsRealStoriesFilmMovingVoiceBecomingStudiosNarrativeFilmmakerLatinoRefreshing Author:Aurora Guerrero
“I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character, so the character gives voice to something or their story, the story of the character tells you something, but, for me anyway, it's really hard to write directly about politics.” ThinkingGivingWritingKindLittlesHardCharacterStoriesSongBitsVoiceLittle BitPursueAgendas Author:David Byrne
“Though I am never exactly "blocked" I do have difficult periods. I am led by a fascination with material - the challenge of presenting it in an original and engaging way. I have no problem imagining stories, characters, distinctive settings & themes - but the difficulty is choosing a voice & a language in which to present it.” WayCharacterStoriesProblemLanguageDifficultVoiceChallengesMaterialsPeriodsDifficultyOriginalsSettingSettingsThemeEngagingNo ProblemFascinationPresentingDistinctiveBlocked Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“Characters begin as voices, then gain presence by being viewed in others' eyes. Characters define one another in dramatic contexts. It is often very exciting, when characters meet - out of their encounters, unanticipated stories can spring.” CharacterStoriesEyeVoiceSpringGainsExcitingDramaticEncounters Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I walked around my apartment with food in my mouth asking myself: "How do I come up with this voice?" Then I found the voice. I called the director and said on the phone: "Guess who you're talking to Chris? Sid, that's right Sid!" And that's how I came up with the voice. That's a true story.” SaidStoriesFoundVoiceTalkingDirectorsMouthsAskingPhonesCome UpApartmentTrue StorySids Author:John Leguizamo
“I mean, if I went into my closet, I could find a previous draft and try to figure that out, but it takes a long time for me to find the voice to tell a story in. I was working from other points of view for a couple years there.” IfsTryingYearsMeanLongStoriesVoiceViewsFiguresCoupleLong TimePoint Of ViewClosets Author:Alice Sebold
“A lot of times, films tell stories about the time we live in. So when making history, it´s just as important to give the female perspective as well as the male. We need female voices. Take a risk. Be personal.” NeedsGivingWellsImportantStoriesFilmVoiceRiskPerspectiveFemaleMalesMaking HistoryFemale Voice Author:Anne Sewitsky
“In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand what is going to be the voice or the tone of the story.” IfsNeedsStoriesVoiceSubjectsHistoricalInventionToneInvestigation Author:Lucia Puenzo
“There are advances in technology and enabling voices, but there are issues with the stories themselves. I think people of color are still not seen as human beings. They're still associated with types, with comedy, but we're in a crisis right now, with things like Black Lives Matter. We need films that address these issues.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHumansStillsMatterStoriesFilmBlackVoiceHuman BeingsTechnologyIssuesComedyColorTypeRight NowCrisisAddressesBlack Lives MatterEnablingBlack Lives Author:Charles Burnett
“I can't be reading novels when I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. The hardest thing to do is keep the tone and your attitude over the course of a year or however long it takes.But when I'm writing short stories, which I will be doing shortly, I can read anything I like.” WritingYearsLongI CanStoriesCoursesReadingVoiceAttitudeNovelHardestThings To DoToneShort StoryHardest ThingCreepsI Can ReadHardest Thing To DoWriting ShortWriting Short StoriesReading Novels Author:T.C. Boyle
“I think the reason the stories are briskly paced, when they are, is that I like story. I like stories where things happen and there are surprises and reversals, in addition to vivid characters and a memorable voice. So those are the kinds of stories I try to write. And it turns out that's pretty much the only kind of writing that works for TV. It's a medium that just devours story, demands surprises and reversals. So my sensibility is suited to TV storytelling, at least as we think of it today.” ThinkingWritingTryingKindReasonCharacterStoriesHappensTodayTurnsVoiceTvsDemandSurpriseThings HappenStorytellingMediumsMemorableSensibilityVividReversal Author:Nick Antosca
“In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves.” SelfStoriesRememberVoiceCallingNoiseMidstOverwhelmingDistractionTrue Self Book:Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives Through the Power and Practice of Story Source: Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives Through the Power and Practice of Story
“There's so many ways to be a voice and that's what I'm figuring out. Being an artist, being an actor, it's about telling stories that could heal, that could open up discussion that could make the community better. There are many (Latino) stories that need to be told and haven't been told right. If I could help be that voice then that's what I'm going to do, because this is a reality for me.” IfsWayNeedsHelpingStoriesRealityArtistActorsVoiceCommunityHavensHealDiscussionIf I CouldLatinoBeing An ArtistTelling Stories Author:Richard Cabral
“Phunny Business is a breezy, vivid, funny, star-studded and delightful valentine to comedy, entrepreneurship and the All-American impulse to make something out of nothing. The story of comedy club owner/inveterate dreamer Raymond Lambert and his heroic quest to create a safe, productive place for black stand-up comedians to hone their craft and find their voices isn't just a great Chicago story and a great comedy story: it's a flat-out great story, lovingly and engagingly told.” StoriesStarsBlackVoiceComedySafeClubsCraftsEntrepreneurshipImpulseComedianProductiveOwnersFlatsChicagoDreamerHeroicQuestsValentineDelightfulVividStand Up ComedianComedy ClubsBreezyGreat Comedy Author:Nathan Rabin