Kratika Sengar Quotes

Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.

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.

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

I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going.

I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.

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

I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character.

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

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

Each book should be an entity unto itself, with its own structure, character, life, name.

A story is built on characters and reasons.

It's always the story that interests me.

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.

You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Ultimately, a director is a storyteller. I wanted to fortify that part of my life as a director, so I thought the best way to do that is to study and learn about the greatest stories ever written.

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

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

I would like to write a play.

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

Everything I do is just an opportunity to tell a great story.

You can be technically strong, and focus all your efforts on elements like casting, music, cinematography and sets, but they are all just add ons. End of the day, filmmaking is really about how well you tell a story.

Content films necessary don't go by the content, they go by the emotions. Content films are about content whether you want to portray the content or sell it through humour, through seriousness, is a choice of the filmmaker.

I give importance only to the story of a movie.

I just read the script; everything else just follows. Content is the most important thing for me.

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