George V Quotes

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

The most important aspect of any story, to me, is character.

Our biggest challenge is always story. The story is the ultimate thing you try to tackle.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it's the story that matters.

Any story that I can consider worth telling is one that you could tell in words.

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.

Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if you can't deliver the emotions to your script there's no point to your story. Story is the key.

I think situations are more important than plot and character.

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.

Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.

Ultimately, a director is a storyteller. I wanted to fortify that part of my life as a director, so I thought the best way to do that is to study and learn about the greatest stories ever written.

I'm very interested in storytelling and anything that plays with structure.

It's really, always, the story and the characters that come first, and the other things are kind of dealt with in time or, in fact, driven by the story.

Screenwriting is about condensing.

You can be technically strong, and focus all your efforts on elements like casting, music, cinematography and sets, but they are all just add ons. End of the day, filmmaking is really about how well you tell a story.

The writing is only ever the attractive thing about a part. And also if all the elements within the writing come together - the character and the structure and the narrative - if they are all there then you become excited.

A good story isn't preachy; a good story is always entertaining.

The characters are the plot. What they do and say and the things that happen to them are, in a sense, what the plot is. You can't take character and plot apart from each other, really.

Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.

I'm all about the story. If I like the character and I think the story's entertaining, I'll do it.

Every drama requires a cast. The cast may be so huge, as in Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina,' that the author or editor provides a list of characters to keep them straight. Or it may be an intimate cast of two.

I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.