I love the three-act theory. It works and works beautifully. But you don't necessarily have to structure a story that way: Cortazar and Borges wrote in different structural styles.
It's much easier to make a movie with kind of stylistic pyrotechnics because you can hide behind that if there's a gap in the story.
I wanted to write a novel where the meaning is in the story and characters and the subliminal, in the shades and nuances. It's exciting to develop that as a writer.
A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows.
'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot.
There's always Tunisia. Amid the smoking ruins of the Middle East, there is that one encouraging success story.
I built a company, a team, and a brand that started right here. It was an American success story, and it started right here in Arizona.
I'm actually an American success story.
Wayne Messam does not have any financial problems and is a classic American Success Story.
My greatest success story has been my family.
Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come.
The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
At Getty, I would have 20 different options for the same kind of event rather than focusing on the one image that will summarize the story.
I don't have answers for anybody else. What I know is that internal complexity makes for superficiality. There's never essentially a pure story unless there's a pure product line that has its own shining clarity.
What we wanted to do was tell a story that felt relatable to anyone who's been a teenager. We haven't all been a second-generation Pakistani-American girl with superpowers, but we've all been 16 and awkward.
Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail.
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.
The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.
Never use dogs to symbolize anything. That is ridiculous. Always ensure that any dogs are just dogs; i.e., characters in the story who happen to be dogs.
I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
