Quotes by Story Everyone has their own career, their own fate, and everyone writes their own story. Alexandre Lacazette everyoneownstoryfate There's a bizarre insistence on how a story should be. 'The protagonist must be sympathetic!' they say. Whatever that means. I never engage in that discussion. I never use that word, 'sympathetic.' I just know 'interesting.' Alexander Payne they-saystoryneverknow My mother has told so many times the unbelievable story of how, as a toddler, I would demand raw onions and eat them like apples, I think that, at this juncture, it is a story that just has to be believed. Alice Dreger eatstorythinkmother I went to University College London and read English literature, then realised if you were interested in story and narrative, film was the way to go. Alison Owen storyyoucollegeway The two have to go hand in hand - the atmosphere and the music. I actually get rather worried if I can't see the music first. There always needs to be a mood, a feeling, a story, even if it is abstract. There's got to be a narrative to guide things before they're even created. Alison Goldfrapp storyfeelingmoodmusic Television has changed. There's obviously the generic shows, but on HBO and AMC, there are some really great series, so I'm not closed off to television. If there's an amazing role with amazing people and a great story, I'd definitely be open to it. Amanda Crew amazingstorygreatpeople All the historical elements should feel organic to the story but not hammered down to serve a purpose. Amor Towles downstoryfeelpurpose Everything I saw in Japan was a story to me. Amy Chozick storyeverythingmejapan Governments can no longer control 100 percent of the story. Time and geographical boundaries disappear. In places like China and all over the Middle East, social-media outlets are being used to expose and hold accountable public officials that don't want to be held accountable for corruption and human rights abuses. Amy Jo Martin controlstorycorruptiontime I think the impulse to get to the heart of the story and to tell it well is in my genes. Amy Bloom storytellthinkheart I love Meghna Gulzar's film making and her style of story telling. In her films, every character, small or big, is beautifully etched. Amruta Khanvilkar storystylelovecharacter A while ago I did a story comparing the change in employment rates in recessions in the U.S. and in Europe, and what I found was that America fired a lot of people and rehired a lot of people faster than Europe. That difference is disappearing, and that is a problem. Amity Shlaes storyproblemchangepeople Other than a short article I read in 2008 when the real story broke, I have not followed the Clark Rockefeller case, and 'Schroder' is not a novelization of that story. Amity Gaige shortstorybrokereal I wanted - and still want - to tell my mother's story. She fled Stalin's army in 1944, leaving Latvia, which was to be occupied by the Soviets for the next 50 years, and arrived to the U.S. when she was 11. Amity Gaige storyarmymotherwant Hemingway's short story 'Hills Like White Elephants' is a classic of its kind. It illustrates Hemingway's 'iceberg theory,' which requires that a story find its effectiveness by hiding more than it reveals. Amitava Kumar shortstoryclassicwhite I was always at heart a novelist and wanted to tell a bigger story, so I wanted to create people who told other kinds of truths than literal truths. Aminatta Forna storyalwaysheartpeople I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer. Andre Balazs storyyoustarstogether Louis CK knows that just because a joke is using space as a resource instead of something to be crammed like a hamper, this doesn't mean a story isn't happening. Andrea Seigel jokejust-becausestoryspace Clearly the human story is one of acceleration. There has been a Moore curve in terms of the number of people alive on the planet, our technological ability, and our ability to understand ourselves. We have had this extraordinary, explosive growth in our ingenuity. Andrew Marr storyunderstandgrowthpeople I was fascinated that everybody in the story thinks that they're in the right. Andrew McCarthy thinksrightstoryeverybody«4243444546474849505152»
