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Online theft has changed the business model of filmmaking because the DVD market is very soft. So, more ambitious, compelling, character-driven narrative of a certain budget level isn't really a viable business model in the eyes of the studios right now.
Jon Favreau
Business
Eyes
Changed
Market
Online
More
Studios
Budget
Because
Narrative
Ambitious
Very
Model
Viable
Theft
Really
Certain
Business Model
Now
Compelling
Right
Level
Filmmaking
Soft
I was a reluctant convert, and I am by no means a zealot. But the evidence is compelling: to write off wind-power is either ill-informed or dishonest.
Jonathan Dimbleby
Evidence
Reluctant
Write
Am
Off
Dishonest
Either
Convert
Means
Compelling
What I don't find compelling is doing classical plays that everyone already knows - and people are following with the text in their hand because no one is listening.
Joseph Fiennes
People
Listening
Everyone
Find
Classical
Following
No-One
Knows
Because
Doing
Hand
Text
Compelling
Plays
My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game.
Joshua Ferris
Game
Book
Job
Long
First
Believe
Late
Worry
About
Only
Write
Attention
First Job
Commerce
Any
Sustained
Requires
Novel
Deserves
Compelling
I recurred on 'Grey's Anatomy' for three years, and at the same time, I recurred for eight episodes on 'Rescue Me'. And I'd recurred for nine episodes on 'The Practice'. Frankly, the guest star is often the most compelling character.
Kate Burton
Time
Character
Me
Three
Practice
Nine
Guest
Guest Star
Anatomy
Frankly
Most
Years
Same
Often
Same Time
Eight
Grey
Greys Anatomy
Episodes
Rescue
Star
Compelling
There is something enormously compelling about Fran Cutler. She is a thrilling bundle of energy and enthusiasm.
Kate Reardon
Enthusiasm
Energy
About
Something
Thrilling
She
Bundle
Compelling
I am not a pacifist and I would back a lawful, coherent and compelling case for the use of military force by the U.K. against Isis.
Keir Starmer
Military
Back
Would
Lawful
Case
Force
Am
Pacifist
Against
Use
Military Force
Compelling
Coherent
The obvious challenge to both SAG and AFTRA is remaining current in a rapidly changing industry. We have to be nimble, pro-active, and unified, and we've got to bring compelling value to future members.
Ken Howard
Future
Challenge
Value
Changing
Nimble
Members
Rapidly
Both
Remaining
Obvious
Industry
Got
Current
Unified
Compelling
Bring
In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories.
Kim Edwards
Beautiful
Good
Writing
Words
Language
Reflect
Telling
Poetry
Good Stories
Remembered
Powerful
Concerns
Want
Stories
Thematic
Using
Compelling
I write what I like to read, and I enjoy love triangles in YA and adult fiction - not to mention in other media like TV, opera, theatre, and even in video games! I relish when dark and compelling characters compete for our protagonist's heart. The doubts, the uncertainty - the jealousy! - can be breathtaking.
Kresley Cole
Love
Video Games
Jealousy
Heart
Theatre
Dark
Enjoy
Other
Our
Characters
TV
Relish
Uncertainty
Mention
Write
Adult
Like
Protagonist
Opera
Read
Ya
Fiction
Video
Breathtaking
Doubts
Games
Even
Media
Compelling
Compete
A compelling story requires conflict, friction, an obstacle to be overcome.
Kristen Soltis Anderson
Conflict
Overcome
Obstacle
Friction
Story
Requires
Compelling
There's a compelling reason why I belong in the Hall of Fame, but I understand the argument against me. My career didn't go like most, and I'm 100 percent fine with that because that's what resonates with people.
Kurt Warner
Me
People
Argument
Resonates
Fine
Percent
Like
Most
Hall
Because
Understand
Go
Fame
Against
Reason
Why
Compelling
Belong
Career
Growing up, I wanted to be in WWE because of watching characters like Stephanie McMahon and Paul Heyman. They just are such incredible storytellers, such incredible, compelling characters.
Lana
Incredible
Characters
Like
Because
WWE
Up
Just
Wanted
McMahon
Storytellers
Paul
Growing
Growing Up
Compelling
Watching
Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
Laura Linney
People
Some
Attention
Command
Personalities
Compelling
I think, in a lot of ways, if you really strip down some of the most compelling novels, in a lot of ways, they're detective stories.
Laura van den Berg
You
Down
Think
Strip
Ways
Detective
Detective Stories
Some
Most
Lot
Stories
Really
Novels
Compelling
I look at life, the experiences I've had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us.
Leslie Banks
Life
News
People
World
Draw
All-Around
Had
Between
Look
Around
Condition
Human
Experiences
Dynamics
Human Condition
Realities
Us
Compelling
The story of getting better can be just as compelling as the story of falling apart.
Leslie Jamison
Better
Falling
Getting
Getting Better
Just
Story
Apart
Compelling
I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want to be lured in by prose, captured by character, and bound by stellar plotting to keep turning the pages.
Lisa Unger
Love
Character
Heart
Dark
Big
Kind
Plotting
Some
Mystery
Stellar
Prose
Bound
Ticking
Clock
Want
Center
Story
Turning
Pages
Captured
Keep
Compelling
Lured
I just try to direct in a way that interests me. And, hopefully, other people will find it compelling.
Lonny Price
Me
People
Try
Will
Other
Way
Hopefully
Find
Direct
Just
Interests
Compelling
With such compelling information, the question is why haven't we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer is: the alcohol industry.
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Drinking
Alcohol
Crisis
Able
More
Prevent
Underage
Industry
Answer
Been
Question
Information
Why
Compelling
I always supported gay issues, but I never understood transgender issues. But after I heard Bruce Jenner speak so honestly, so sincerely, and so relatably, I totally got it. I totally understood what he was saying - it was so compelling.
Lynda Carter
Saying
Gay
Speak
Transgender
Honestly
Totally
Bruce
Never
He
Supported
Sincerely
Always
Got
Understood
Issues
Heard
After
Compelling
All we really want in life is to connect to other human beings, and when you desperately want to connect physically to one specific human being and you can't? That's something I find compelling.
Lynn Shelton
Life
You
Human Being
Other
Desperately
Find
Something
Physically
Human
Being
Want
Human Beings
Really
Connect
Beings
Specific
Compelling
You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.
Macklemore
You
People
Writing
Other
Write
Outside
Songs
Comfort
Comfort Zone
Get
Different
Interesting
Your
Compelling
Zone
Need
You need music that is compelling and intellectual, but you also need music that just feels good and you can laugh about and dance to, and I think I'm trying to marry the two in some way.
Maggie Rogers
Music
Good
You
Dance
Think
Way
Laugh
Marry
Some
About
Feels
Also
Intellectual
Trying
Just
Compelling
Two
Need
It's easy to get rid of things when there is an obvious reason for doing so. It's much more difficult when there is no compelling reason.
Marie Kondo
Difficult
Easy
More
Obvious
Doing
Get
Much
Rid
Reason
Compelling
Things
I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have a Web site. But I think that, to use the Internet in a positive way, to turn people on to reading, is something that authors shouldn't really shy away from necessarily.
Marisha Pessl
Positive
Day
Book
Hate
People
Internet
Reading
Lost
Think
Positive Way
Way
Would
Would-Be
Web
Web Site
Something
Voice
Simply
Because
Person
Site
Authors
Where
Turn
Really
Use
Away
Compelling
Necessarily
Shy
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