Storytelling Quotes

"Novels are a marathon, while screenplays are a sprint" "What I enjoy most are the challenges that the writing process presents" "A movie script is a barebones thing, and publishing a novel is like opening yourself up for criticism and analysis" "Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same way, in a different tree." "I want to write I want to write the songs of my people" "I want people to come away from my films not only entertained but also a little encouraged to be a better person." "Writing is nothing more than a guided dream" "Every great love starts with a great story." "Experience has taught me that the features of a man's face are a narrative which is revealed as attentively as a fragment of a written text " "Because, if one is writing novels today, fieldwork is more and more a lost art. Take all the time you need, sit down with people, and dig deep. Galaxies may be infinitesimal, but no detail is too small." "When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write a brave new ending" "It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story." "The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon." "This is a work of fiction, but believe me, none of this is invented." "The role of the storyteller is to regenerate the past so that it might deliver its message for the present moment"