#good story

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand. ↗

— James Payn

#anyone #be careful #careful #catastrophe #good

Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that. ↗

— John Sayles

#come #editors #ever #finally #good

That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#american movies #angry #audience #cynically #even

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#becoming #dangerously #decide #direct #enough

With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work. ↗

— Phil Keoghan

#any #good #good story #heroes #make

My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character. ↗

— Beau Bridges

#doing #enjoy #favorite #good #good story

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one. ↗

— Sid Caesar

#fellow #good #good story #invariably #other

An adventure game is nothing more than a good story set with engaging puzzles that fit seamlessly in with the story and the characters, and looks and sounds beautiful. ↗

— Roberta Williams

#beautiful #characters #engaging #fit #game

A good story often increases the salability of an item without increasing its actual value. ↗

— Roy H. Williams

#good #good story #increases #increasing #item

The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good picture, and really the only basis still remains the rule, more so today, I think, because we've unfortunately weaned an audience from birth to kind of mindless movies. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#basis #because #being #birth #changes