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With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work.
People aren't coming to me looking for political essays or polemic - they're looking for a rattling good story.
Sometimes the facts can get in the way of the telling of a good story. But they don't get in the way of the truth.
I am now confident about attempting a Hindi film. I believe if you have a good story to tell, audiences will watch it.
You have to tell a good story first. If it's a good story, people will be interested. It doesn't matter about the content.
Scars can be a good story. I survived and I am proud of them. I didn't want it, obviously. The girls definitely like them.
I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.
Why, I wonder, should the popularity of a news story matter to me? Does it mean it's a good story or just a seductive one?
For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
I've always liked women singers and appreciate a good story being told. That's what country music used to do on the radio.
For any film or any web show, the story dictates everything. If it is a good story, it obviously has good characters in it.
My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.
Just wearing expensive and glamorous clothes do not merit for me to do a film. There has to be a good story and a good role.
Great theater continues to bind us, one to the other, and most of us will travel far and wide to see a good story told well.
I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives.
Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.
I can only look at what Labour has done to the NHS here in Wales and it's not a good story. That includes on education as well.
I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story.
I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories.
The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.
A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of readers.
I'm just drawn to something that has a good story. 'Outcasts' didn't do so well, but I really admired the premise behind the show.
I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire.
To me, the most important thing is to tell a good story. If I can do that, I think that enlightenment, respect of nature, etc. follows.
I have been trying to perform well and give my best, but unless I have a good story line in my hand or a supportive team, I am nothing.
I do think there's a certain savviness to be able to recognize the way people want a good story, and I think that we underestimate that.
Be it any industry, what matters to me is the story as that is what the audience are primarily in a theatre for - to enjoy a good story.
I am first and foremost a storyteller; I want to tell a good story, and I want it to mean something - something that I think is important.
You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.
If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.
Both types of books - fiction and nonfiction - are a search for story. As a writer and a reader, there's nothing I crave more than a good story!
I find most 'rules' about how to write a 'good story' confining, and I enjoy writing stories that don't look like stories at all on the surface.
The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it as a good story.
I love songs, and I love to tell stories, and so a lot of times, if you really want a good story, you got to flip the radio dial over to country.
If you create a good story that has a lot of story value... I think audiences like that. It's why they stick with the same TV show over and over.
To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is what I've always wanted to do.
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.
People ask me what I would have done if it wasn't for basketball. I can never give a good story because I honestly don't know. I had no other options.
At the end of the day, you don't remember 'Mother India' or 'Pyaasa' for the business it did, you remember them because they had a good story to tell.
Cinema which is well-made, for any kind of audience, is worthy of being watched by just about anybody who would like to watch a good story being told.
I used to be a good story writer. I could make up a story with like, eight people in it and tell you where they all lived, what color their houses are.
No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.
I noticed that in 'The Revenant,' as much as it is a good story of revenge and endurance, there are times that you get to escape with a story like that.
That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.
What you realize hanging out with investigative reporters is that, while they may be personally liberal, they don't let that get in the way of a good story.
I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
Every time there's a really good story, there's women in it. We may not get as many roles, but the roles we get are really good, I think, for the most part.
I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.
As a media member, my goal is to inform the American fans of persons of character. It's a joy for me, either writing a good story or telling a story on video.
I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.