I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles.
Tom Folsom
Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in... →
John M. Ford
I was always at heart a novelist and wanted to tell a bigger story, so I wanted to create people who told other kinds of truths than literal truths.
Aminatta Forna
Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.
The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
E. M. Forster
I always think it's interesting to switch genres, because if I read a script and I know exactly how to manifest a story, I don't really want... →
Marc Forster
Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible... →
Abe Fortas
I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of Romeo and Juliet was set in Siena. It... →
Anne Fortier
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
Alan Dean Foster
In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and you get to say, 'Well, maybe I... →
Jodie Foster