#story

I think there are things in my story that have helped my creativity. Your father being killed, for instance, is one of the best things that could happen to a kid if he's going to write poetry or songs. ↗

— Roger Waters

#best #could #creativity #father #going

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way. ↗

— Alan Watts

#aggressive #altering #america #capacity #gone

Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#bush #george #george w #going #had

It's rare that you cut out something that is really good. You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn't respond, you cut out whatever is holding the story down. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#cut #down #good #holding #out

I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs. ↗

— Sigourney Weaver

#about #amazing #around #bay #been

I'm going to take the kids away over Christmas but I don't, I've written 14 musicals now, I don't want to rush into doing something just for the sake of doing it. I want to do it when I find a story. ↗

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

#christmas #doing #find #going #i

So much of what happened to India late last year and early into 2011 is the same story we've seen with other big emerging markets, and that is that investors started to realize that the growth trajectory in India would have to get moderated by tightening policy. ↗

— Jerrry A. Webman

#early #emerging #get #growth #happened

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. ↗

— Simone Weil

#because #compulsions #conscious #crowd #dynamic

If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong. ↗

— Len Wein

#i #me #simply #something #story

It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision. ↗

— Len Wein

#another #chain #editor #expect #follow