Kenneth Oppel Quotes

I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make one up! Now it seems over half the stories in my show are made up. The funny thing is, those seem to be the ones that resonate the most with the audiences.

Character is always my driving force. And to tell a good story and to provide an entertaining read.

The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good picture, and really the only basis still remains the rule, more so today, I think, because we've unfortunately weaned an audience from birth to kind of mindless movies.

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.

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book.

I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time.

I think I'm always drawn to a good story.

If a show is good, it helps people learn about themselves in some way and in some function. Whatever the genre is, if it's executed well, audiences grow and learn from it, and that's where their passion and enthusiasm comes from.

Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.

We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king.

We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.

I just want my audiences to be entertained and feel like they're part of the show. I want to show them a good time and create an experience they're going to enjoy.

When art in general, and film in particular, succeeds is when it pulls you away onto a voyage. Then it's a good film.

A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

As long as I have a good time, the audience usually has a good time.

Fiction, even when it's grim and hard, is fun.

All we think about is how to keep the audience engaged, and normally we're big on plot because that's the easy way to do it.

I'm writing for entertainment. I like people to reach the end and feel they got their money's worth.

I look for good scripts, not anything. It should inspire me, and the audience should like it.

I tell stories and try to do it honestly so that people are interested and enjoy them.

When I listen to a script, it has to be entertaining. People who come to theatre should be happy and entertained.

I enjoy both TV writing and novel writing, and they are very similar. The goal is to entertain and amuse the audience, and I subscribe to this P.G. Wodehouse piece of advice: "Try to give pleasure with every sentence."