Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Storytelling Quotes
HonestyIdentityPersonal narrativeSelf-awarenessStorytelling If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.
ArtistryCreativityPreparationStorytellingThoughtfulness I don't go in and just get to rapping off the dome. I think about it. I really think about it, especially when I make the story.
CreativityExpressionIdentityImaginationStorytelling Be it a video game, comic book, or cheque book, the question always is, 'What story do you have to tell?'
CreativityDiversityEnjoymentPersonal PreferenceStorytelling I like telling stories, and I tell stories that interest me. It would be boring to have to go to nothing but the best restaurants. That would be a misery to me.
ChildhoodFamilyHeritageImaginationStorytelling I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.
ControlCreativityMusicPersonal ExpressionStorytelling I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control.
Character DevelopmentCreativityEmpathyNarrative CraftingStorytelling I think my sensibilities about storytelling and character just automatically come into play when I'm trying to work on any kind of narrative. For me, it doesn't really matter what the source of the narrative is. I will be looking for ways to make it into an intriguing story with empathetic characters.
Artistic TransformationCreative ProcessEmotional ResilienceExpression Of EmotionsStorytelling These are all personal crises, I'm sure, that I manifest in a song format and project into physical situations. You make little stories up about how you feel. It's as simple as that.
CreativityHumanismPerceptionStorytellingWriting One of the things that I tell beginning writers is this: If you describe a landscape, or a cityscape, or a seascape, always be sure to put a human figure somewhere in the scene. Why? Because readers are human beings, mostly interested in human beings. People are humanists. Most of them are humanists, that is.
CreativityFlexibilityInnovationLiteratureStorytelling I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.
Character DevelopmentCinema TechniquesStorytellingSubtlety in ArtVisual Effects Great visual effects serve story and character and in doing so, are, by their very definition, invisible.
AdmirationCinemaCreativityInspirationStorytelling Very early on, I was writing stories, and I was amazed at Spielberg's movies when I was young. Coming from the countryside, I was so impressed with the way he was able to tell stories and the way he was able to deal with le merveilleux - the wonders. Very quickly, he became for me a massive hero, and he introduced me to the world of a director.
CreativityFilmmakingPassionStorytellingVisual Arts I am waiting for the right story to tell. Just like 'Man of Tai Chi' just seemed to be the right story to tell. So I'm looking for that. Because I really love directing. I love developing the story. I love actors. I love the cinema of it, the way that you tell a story visually.
CreativityIndependenceInnovationNiche MarketsStorytelling Non-studio entities can experiment with storytelling that might be too niche... for a studio.
ConfidenceConnectionCreativityEngagementStorytelling Sick children, if not too shy to speak, will always express this wish. They invariably prefer a story to be told to them, rather than read to them.
CommunicationInterpretationMeaningStorytelling Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
CreativityEntertainmentFriendshipImaginationStorytelling I remember talking to Xavier Woods about so many things and vignettes and backstages and these stories we could do between our crazy weird characters and their insane, obviously fun loving characters and all this stuff.
Artistic InspirationCompositionCreativityMusicStorytelling Jazz songs have always been quite literal because many of them are taken from musical theater and you only have a couple of moments to describe the scenery. I really borrow from that practice in my own songwriting. I want them to be consumed almost as little movies.
ArtistryIdentityInfluenceMusicStorytelling I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.
Audience EngagementContent CreationCreativityMediaStorytelling I think if you make good, interesting content with compelling story lines and good characters, people will tune into the web for as long as you want them to.
ClarityCreativitySimplicitySkepticismStorytelling I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page... sunrise over the desert and masses of... a whole essay before you get to the dialogue.
ArtistryCreativityFilmInnovationStorytelling That's what I wanted to do... I wanted to make a great film that just happened to be based on a video game.
Career DevelopmentCommunicationCreativityPersistenceStorytelling So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook, bought lots of magazines and got on the phone and talked to editors about ideas for stories. Pretty soon I found myself hired to do interviews and articles and went off and did them.
FilmHopeIllusionMythologyStorytelling Storytelling, mythology and film provide a lot of hope but, on the flip side, can also create delusion.
CreativityDreamsImaginationInspirationStorytelling When I was a kid, I was always going to bed creating a story, and that was the birth of filmmaking for me. I would like going to the dream-state by telling the story to someone else in my mind. That was my imaginary friend; it was an imaginary audience listening to my story.
EntertainmentHeroesInspirationStorytelling Playing big, heroic characters with heart is always a lot of fun. I enjoy making movies like that, and a lot of people love to live vicariously through those characters.
Author's IntentFuture PlansLiteratureSeries DevelopmentStorytelling 'American Gods' was designed to be, if not open-ended, at least a trilogy kind of shape, so there's definitely one more book, probably another couple of books there to get written.
ActionCharactersEntertainmentStorytelling With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!
AuthenticityCreativityMusic IndustryPersonal PassionStorytelling I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make an album full of smash records that got pop appeal. But my heart is in hip-hop. My heart is in telling stories. And it's like therapy for me.