Donnie Wahlberg Quotes

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

Moviemaking is about telling a story. And you need to know what story you are going to tell.

Films don't always tell a story; some films can achieve effect just by being razzle-dazzle or rock n' roll. That's part of the fare that's out there. And that's okay. For me, I place more value on a story.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

What I realized is that it doesn't matter how big or small your film is. The actual filmmaking process, the actual storytelling, it's still the same thing. It's still all about creating characters that you like and creating moments that get you excited or get you tense.

Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'

I don't write a lot of fiction.

Characters, conflict and geography are things that must be considered while making movies from adaptations.

With any movie at all the challenge lies in the storytelling.

As a director, what I'm trying to do is to create interesting stories.

You need actors and performers, but there has to be content in a film.

For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.

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

All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You've got good characters... People think there's some dramatic difference between writing 'Little Bear' and the 'Hunger Games,' and as a writer, for me, there isn't.

I write both fiction and nonfiction. I begin my fiction with the main character. The story comes later.

I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end.

I love a really good storyline.

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

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

A script is like a theory of a movie.

My sister and brother are both writers as well. We are constantly discussing story and plot lines. And I love to discuss story ideas with my husband.

When I work on a novel, I usually have one character and a setting in mind.

I don't really look for a script and go, 'I need to do a thriller, so I'm going to do this.' I just read scripts and look for the best possible story.