Every good story needs a complication. We learn this fiction-writing fundamental in courses and workshops, by reading a lot or, most painfully, throu….
There is no single best kind of death. A good death is one that is "appropriate" for that person. It is a death in which the hand of the way of dying….
For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand..
Leonard Cohen can give you "Leonard Cohen" - the self-deprecating wit, the slow, considered speech, the perfectly-honed anecdote - Tom Waits is far m….
We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about..
The difference between fiction and journalism is that you can disguise the characters, so you won't get your legs broken, and there's no interview ta….
Movies both reflect and create social conditions, but their special charm is to offer fantasy clothes as virtual reality, a world where people consum….
I like to take a character and develop it.
I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl..
I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character..
I make character judgements based on whether people like animals. Worship Satan, I'll still give you a chance. Hate dogs, we ain't friends..
I'm such a product of my media diet... it's interesting that you say what I do is observational. It's observational as far as it goes - to the extent….
Getting inside your character's head and letting the reader see the world through not just their eyes but their sensibility creates an intimacy that ….
The fact that so many are willing to accept need-based aid signals a fundamental change in the American character..
Some will always be above others..
Ontogeny re-capitulates phylogeny..
My drive is something that I don't fully understand..
Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters..
Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air..
When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world. When I'm not at my desk, the rest of the time, I try to….
If a novel is written in a certain language with certain characters from a particular community and the story is very good or illuminating, then that….