#compelling

Light and funny has a more compelling quality when you're younger. But I haven't abandoned the genre: I love falling down; I love Lucille Ball. It's just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I can't convincingly portray at this age. ↗

— Julia Roberts

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What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous. ↗

— James Taylor

#come #compelling #done #entertainer #find

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

I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#been #books #characters #compelling #drawn

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it. ↗

— John Grisham

#around #compelling #death #death penalty #first

Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding. ↗

— Anne Hathaway

#art #art form #atlas #ayn #ayn rand

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself. ↗

— Dawn Fraser

#excellence #exists #itself #life #maybe

Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a high moral value. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#doing #each #feeling #group #high

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader. ↗

— David McCullough

#book #clear #compelling #hope #i

I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes. ↗

— Vince McMahon

#attention #audience #believe #compelling #could