#story

The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#cultural #deficit #even #history #human

He tried to remember Moon Child's eyes, but was no longer able to. He was sure of only one thing: that her glance had passed through his eyes and down into his heart. He could still feel the burning trail it had left behind. That glance, he felt, was embedded in his heart, and there it glittered like a mysterious jewel. And in a strange and wonderful way it hurt. Even if Bastian had wanted to, he couldn't have defended himself against this thing that had happened to him. However, he didn't want to. Oh no, not for anything in the world would he have parted with that jewel. All he wanted was to go on reading, to see Moon Child again, to be with her. IT never occurred to him that he was getting into the most unusual and perhaps the most dangerous of adventures. But even if he had known this, he wouldn't have dreamed of shutting the book. ↗

— Michael Ende

#love #michael-ende #romance #the-neverending-story #dreams

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#consider #especially #found #history #i

Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk. ↗

— Sally Field

#caucasian #diagnosed #genetic #history #i

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#audience #back #buy #dialogue #halts

I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#beginning #developed #end #everything #good

I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#back #care #good #holds #how

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#hold #show #story #successful #will

There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time. ↗

— Jill Clayburgh

#environment #first #first time #fourth #her

Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#because #behind #fun #i #i think