In order to have a TV series, you have to have a good idea for the story.
Tiny Tim
The big post-election story if Obama wins the presidency will be in the hands of the ethically embattled Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He's... →
Chuck Todd
There's no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something's a story because Drudge links to it.
The novel space is a pure space. I'm nobody once I go into that room. I'm not gay, I'm not bald, I'm not Irish. I'm not anybody.... →
Colm Toibin
The problem is once you've written the opening paragraph and worked out how the rest of the story will go in your head, there's nothing in it... →
Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then a period of solitude. No flashbacks and no... →
If I knew a story page by page before I started writing it, I just wouldn't do it. The process of discovery is really important for my own... →
Steve Toltz
'A Christmas Carol' has been described as the most perfect of Dickens's works and as a quintessential heart-warming story, and it is... →
Claire Tomalin
I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.
Marisa Tomei
Sometimes making a story is as easy as putting two characters in a room and seeing what happens. So, imagine a great white shark and a giant squid in... →
Jim Toomey