Good Story Quotes - Page 12

• ...book-buyers aren't attracted, by and large, by the literary merits of a novel: book-buyers want a good story...something that will first fascinate them, then pull them in and keep them turning the pages.

  Stephen King

  Book, Literary Merit, Stories

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• An individual who expresses high confidence probably has a good story, which may or may not be true.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Stories, May, Individual

  "Don't Blink! The Hazards of Confidence". www.nytimes.com. October 19, 2011.

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• I think a good story, well told is a good story, well told, whether you're watching the episodes all in a row or not. However, it might be fun to take a closer look at how the previous episode ends and how that end relates to the beginning of the next episode.

  Jenji Kohan

  Fun, Thinking, Looks

  Source: collider.com

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• A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Stories, Reason, Poor

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• One day I decided to move towards documentaries or to move to more directing in documentaries at this point in my career. Why documentaries? I also love fiction. I would love to direct a fiction movie as well. But I think where I come from, reality is so interesting and has in it so many good stories to tell, this is why I'm doing that. I'm enjoying that.

  Dror Moreh

  Moving, Reality, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.

  Frank Spotnitz

  People, Trying, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• If I get lucky and I can choose, I would always choose a really good story and screenplay, even if I don't know the director. If there's a good screenplay, there's a chance that something good is going to happen.

  Ayelet Zurer

  Stories, Directors, Lucky

  Source: collider.com

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• I've done so many movies with first-time directors, and honestly I just go with gut instinct. People that usually can tell me a good story, and talk to me about why the movie is the movie they want to make. I just go with my gut.

  Neal H. Moritz

  People, Directors, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• I love comedy, I love drama, and I love telling good stories.

  Kim Wayans

  Drama, Stories, Comedy

  Source: collider.com

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• Why ruin a good story with the truth?

  Woody Allen

  Stories, Ruins

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• Over the years, there certainly have been plenty of ideas that I've had and given up on, but for this one, the only thing that was standing in its way was me doing it - I just had to write it... And then if it didn't happen, it didn't happen. But I didn't want it to be for lack of effort on my part, so I had hunch that it would be a good story and that we would work well together. And it certainly worked out that way.

  Paul Reiser

  Writing, Years, Ideas

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• [All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.

  Nick Clegg

  Government, Stories, Ruts

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• But I live an interesting life and I can tell a pretty good story and it has helped my career. But the downside is people know everything.

  Artie Lange

  Careers, People, Interesting

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• We want to make sure the stories that show up in Path are both good stories and are a big part of people's lives.

  Dave Morin

  People, Stories, Want

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• People just want good stories.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  People, Stories, Want

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I want to be known for good work first. A good story and good delivery is just that - period.

  Megan Alexander

  Stories, Want, Firsts

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.

  Ben Stein

  Men, Hollywood, Stories

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• I'll find something in what I read that snags my imagination in emotional terms; it resonates with me for reasons more complicated than just that it seems like it would make a good story.

  Jim Shepard

  Emotional, Imagination, Stories

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I get up in front of a bunch of kids and say 'Hey, I'm gonna tell you a new story. Who wants to be in a new story?' Well some kid always sticks up their hand and that gives me a name, but it doesn't give me a story. I just say whatever comes to my mind and usually it's not that good. Every once in a while, however, I say something that turns into a really good story.

  Robert Munsch

  Kids, Hands, Names

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• What the readers want is a good story, and what the writers always want to luck into, it's a good story.

  Stephen Graham Jones

  Luck, Stories, Want

  Source: www.buffaloalmanack.com

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• When you put yourself in environments that continually test you, that's where all the good stories come from. That's where the jokes come from is from the shitty parts.

  Henry Rollins

  Stories, Tests, Environment

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• I love acting. I love play-acting. I love pretending. I love telling stories so whether they be comedic or serious or whatever, it doesn't really matter to me. I enjoy telling a good story. I have it all in me.

  Jim Carrey

  Play, Acting, Stories

  View London Interview, www.viewlondon.co.uk.

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• The elements of a good story are most definitely details, little bitty details. That does it, especially when you're describing, when you're setting the scene and everything. It's like you're painting a picture, so details are very important. Also, the music gotta be right. The music can really set the tone for the story and let you know what the story is gonna be about, but definitely, it's the vibe in the place where you at and the detail.

  Big Boi

  Important, Elements, Littles

  "Big Boi Welcomes Us to the World of Luscious Left Foot". Interview with Dave Maher, pitchfork.com. August 4, 2008.

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• I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms-- the adventure, the mystery, the thriller-- so as to hold my reader with the sheer pleasure of a good story. At the same time I try to resolve my books with an ambiguity that compels engagement. In short, I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.

  Avi

  Book, Writing, Adventure

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• I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.... My hemmings and hawings over the telephone cause long-distance callers to switch from their native English to pathetic French. At parties, if I attempt to entertain people with a good story, I have to go back to every other sentence for oral erasures and inserts.... In these circumstances nobody should ask me to submit to an interview if by "interview" a chat between two normal human beings is implied.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Children, Distance, Party

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