Gore Verbinski Quotes

I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam.

I never know, when I start writing a story, what's going to happen, or how it will all get sorted out.

Variety of characters and themes bring out the best in me.

I try to mix the characters up and not be second guessed by the audience.

But basically, I'm trying to write a fun story.

You can throw a novel into focus with one overheard line.

There was a time when I read a script and I just got excited about the possibilities.

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

What can I say: I'm a writer - I enjoy forcing pain and suffering on my characters!

I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that's really cool.

Especially when I write, I want to get out of people's heads and have them speak and have them get dressed and have them go to work.

When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

For me, emotion comes first. If I have to change a scene, invent a scene, change dialogue, or put Graff by the lake in order to feel that dynamic, and the end results feels like 'Ender's Game,' then hopefully it works.

It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can 'take over' as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times.

I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time.

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

If the right idea comes up, and it feels true to talk about somebody being in a truck, and that's the only way to tell the story, then I will reluctantly tell the story that way.

My stories are character driven.

There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you're miserable and working out.

The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.

I just reached the point where plot-driven novels don't hold my interest because I don't care about the fate of characters anymore - whether Emily marries Tom or not, that kind of thing.

I'm very good at plot.

Lots of times when I'm offered things, I can't see how a story gets filmed. Either it's too internal or it doesn't have a strong spine.

For me, the best moments in storytelling are the ones where I feel I'm discovering something.

It always comes down to script and characters.