#telling

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in. ↗

— Dick Wolf

#book #character #compelling #draw #drove

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories. ↗

— Matt Groening

#celebration #funny #get #mad #making

When there's so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you've already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days? ↗

— Dave Grohl

#already #counting #days #done #focusing

One is, that they will feel about you that you're going to make something wonderful for them. And they help you by expressing themselves. Not telling you how to do it, but encouraging you and accepting your vision and working with you on that kind of a level. ↗

— Lawrence Halprin

#accepting #encouraging #expressing #feel #going

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#disposal #story #technology #telling #your

Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains of Poland were the invasion route of Europe to Russia and always had been, and therefore he had to control Poland. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#been #control #country #course #europe

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#freedom-of-speech #truth-telling #freedom

Well, you know, what's so exciting, is that it was a really telling campaign as well. Whenever we start looking at the differences, they could never be more clear. ↗

— Katherine Harris

#clear #could #differences #exciting #know

I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some jokes. I want my life to mean something. ↗

— Steve Harvey

#jokes #life #mean #my life #old

I love graphic design. I love working with design, and I love storytelling, so I've been working on a children's book for a while, and I'd like to see that through. ↗

— Colleen Haskell

#book #children #design #graphic #graphic design