Martin McDonagh Quotes

Character and story are suggested by the voice in the words themselves.

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

I would say 'Flower' had a story. It is told through the environment.

My songs don't deal with locations that specifically, even if there are very specific references to them in there; they're sort of just where stories happen, not the stories themselves.

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.

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

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

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

Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience.

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

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

Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.

'Junkhearts' is a great story.

As a storyteller, you have the story that you tell, and you have the way you can tell it, and both are equally important.

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

For me, the first thing is to tell a good story.

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.

A novel is about people.

We want to tell unique, individual, discrete stories with a unique and discrete individual point of view.

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

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

I believe that, in any novel of mine, the principal objective is the construction of the whole.

A story is how we construct our experiences.

I like to tell stories that have beginnings, middles and ends.

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