I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story was published... →
Ian Rankin
When I was a kid, there were hardly any gay story lines or characters on television that I recall. Then when I was in college, 'Will &... →
Andrew Rannells
I hate when you see a film and after one scene you know what's going to happen and you can predict the whole story.
Noomi Rapace
The idea of just improvising and riffing can sometimes be at the expense of story.
Jim Rash
I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems... →
Ron Rash
I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost is up to whatever the economic... →
Brett Ratner
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the... →
Satyajit Ray
I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or... →
The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.
Robert Redford
Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if you can't deliver the emotions to your script there's no... →