#telling

The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell. ↗

— Ben Okri

#fundamental #hints #human #imperfection #perfection

I remember Tim telling me that he had an idea for a musical and he said to me that he was hoping that ABBA would be writing the music, which I thought was a pretty wild idea because they were obviously known very much as pop writers. ↗

— Elaine Paige

#because #had #hoping #i #i remember

If I owned a network, I would never let a guy just put people on without telling me who they are. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#i #just #me #network #never

People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#change #good #happen #happened #me

Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up. ↗

— Michael Schenker

#band #been #ever #fighter #fights

After 'Kong,' my knuckles have never recovered because I had to wear very heavy weights on my forearms and around my hips and ankles to get the sense of size and scale of the movement of the character... You are telling your body that you are these things and that you're feeling these thoughts and that you're experiencing these experiences. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#ankles #around #because #body #character

I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart. ↗

— Shakira

#heart #i #lie #me #pretty

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders. I suppose if I say I'm pro-choice, if I make that clear, it let's the audience off the hook, then they can sort of relax. Okay, it's alright he's pro-choice then I can enjoy this. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#although #anybody #audience #clear #enjoy

A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#i #manner #might #much #news

Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences in history. We don't any longer need to have the relationship between one scene and the next explained. We will figure it out ourselves. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#audiences #between #closest #contemporary #educated