Aliette de Bodard Quotes

You can't get away from violence in drama. If you do not have conflict, you do not have drama.

You won't have a story unless you have conflict, which means if there's no conflict in a situation, people look for a way to make some.

I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story.

There's conflict in every story.

When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.

'Junkhearts' is a great story.

I like tragedies, whether they're sci-fi or something else, but I can't say I know much about any genre in particular.

The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

At the heart of every story is conflict - whether external or internal, make it a good one, and remember that this problem is going to shape your character, leaving her forever changed.

I'm a fan of great storytelling.

If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.

At the heart of drama is conflict.

I like real stories.

Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.

'Annapurna' is a sort of novel. It's a novel, but a true novel.

I don't think that there is a person that I've met - I'm sure there are - that I've had any conflict with.

I never set out to write literature; I set out to tell stories. And some of my work may be very raunchy and very bloodthirsty - but life, for me, is a violent thing.

You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world.

I don't think I could write a straight drama.

For storytelling purposes, there has to be conflict, but that doesn't mean the people have to be mean. I've never liked mean-spirited comedy.

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

To me the most important thing is a good story, though I know how cliche that sounds.

The villain drives the plot.