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The fact that 'A Dirty Job' has comedy and supernatural horror in it, that both are woven in and out of it with a whimsical tone, despite the fact that it's about death, makes it hard to characterize with standard genre labels - but I have no problem with that. I'd call it a funny story about death, and leave it at that.
Christopher Moore
Funny
Death
Problem
Comedy
Job
Funny Story
Despite
Characterize
Out
Woven
About
Horror
Supernatural
No Problem
Both
Fact
Dirty
Genre
Call
Makes
Leave
Labels
Story
Whimsical
Hard
Standard
Tone
San Francisco is a breathtakingly beautiful city, with lots of great contrasts between dark and light, often overlapping each other. It's a great setting for a horror story.
Christopher Moore
Beautiful
Great
Dark
Light
Setting
Other
Francisco
City
Horror
Beautiful City
Between
Lots
Often
San
Story
San Francisco
Each
I just love photographing things and putting them together to tell a story.
Christopher Nolan
Love
Together
Tell
Photographing
Putting
Just
Story
Them
Things
Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key.
Christopher Nolan
Key
Superman
Batman
Characters
Finding
Both
Very
Different
Story
Different Characters
Them
Iconic
Elemental
Right
I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.
Christopher Nolan
Archetypes
About
Never
Joseph
Know
Read
Campbell
Story
Much
I find inspiration in many places. Sometimes music gives me the kernel of a story. Sometimes it's dissatisfaction with the plot of a movie or a book that gets me thinking. Sometimes it's love of a movie or book.
Christopher Paolini
Love
Music
Me
Book
Sometimes
Thinking
Plot
Find
Gives
Inspiration
Gets
Movie
Story
Places
Many
Dissatisfaction
Kernel
I think I approached 'Captain Phillips' as I would any project. I always try to understand the story, characters, and themes as deeply as possible and then work as hard as I can to make those things come to life.
Christopher Rouse
Life
Work
Try
Think
Project
Those
Possible
Characters
Would
Come
Make
Understand
Always
Any
Story
Themes
Then
Hard
Captain
Deeply
Things
My father always told me that story was first and foremost. We would watch not just his films but a lot of classic American films. My father was a great David Lean fan, and David Lean's one of my favorite directors. We would discuss films endlessly.
Christopher Rouse
Great
Me
Father
First
Films
Favorite
Would
Classic
Directors
David
Lean
Always
His
Foremost
Lot
Discuss
American
Endlessly
Just
Fan
Story
Watch
Yes, there is a story about Agent Orange, and we knew that it harmed our troops and we knew how long it was to get the medical community to accept that, the military to accept it, the VA to accept it.
Christopher Shays
Long
Community
Military
Our
About
Troops
Knew
Accept
How
Yes
Get
Orange
Story
Agent
Medical
VA
Harmed
I was fortunate that I was at newspapers for eight years, where I wrote at least five or six stories every week. You get used to interviewing lots of different people about a lot of different things. And they aren't things you know about until you do the story.
Chuck Klosterman
You
People
Every
Interviewing
About
Week
Know
Until
Wrote
Least
Years
Lot
Lots
Five
Get
Six
Eight
Where
Different
Stories
Story
Newspapers
Different People
Used
Fortunate
Different Things
Things
A lot of people have this strategy where if they have a hard question they wait to ask it to the end of the interview because they think the person is going to walk out. But what they have to realize is, is that if the person walks out, they have a pretty successful story.
Chuck Klosterman
People
Wait
Walk
Walks
Strategy
Think
Interview
Out
Pretty
Because
Question
Lot
End
Person
Going
Where
Story
Realize
Ask
Successful
Hard
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 not very popular, and has a chance to use his power to appoint an Obama replacement as a step in the direction of political rehabilitation.
Chuck Todd
Political
Will
Power
Big
Presidency
Obama
Direction
Wins
He
Step
Democratic
His
Rod
Very
Replacement
Hands
Story
Ethically
Use
Rehabilitation
Popular
Appoint
Chance
I think it's so fun when I get to work with women writers in particular because we really understand the core story or foundation as women. That's so important to me that the authenticity is there, you know, from the place that I speak from for my women. Having other females with me helps me dig deeper.
Ciara
Work
Me
You
Women
Speak
Important
Think
Dig
Other
Having
Writers
Particular
Know
Because
Understand
Females
Women Writers
Authenticity
Get
Story
Place
Really
Fun
Helps
Foundation
Deeper
Core
'She's a Mystery to Me' was released in 1987, when I was 11 or something, and I absolutely adored the song. This song was written by Bono and The Edge, and the story goes that Bono woke up with the tune in his head, then thought that the only voice who could sing this song is Roy Orbison.
Cillian Murphy
Me
Song
Thought
Edge
Bono
Released
Something
Only
Voice
Adored
Could
Mystery
Absolutely
Written
Head
Sing
She
Woke
His
Up
Goes
Tune
Story
Then
Who
Roy
The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.
Cindy Sherman
Promise
Must
Still
Itches
Story
Viewer
Tease
Philip's story is the most interesting in the royal family - his background is the opposite of what you'd think. Everyone has this idea that Philip is this bumbling, deliberately posh sort of man who says the wrong thing.
Claire Foy
Family
You
Man
Wrong Thing
Think
Philip
Everyone
Background
Says
Deliberately
Wrong
Idea
Most
Sort
Opposite
His
Story
Interesting
Who
Thing
Royal
Royal Family
Posh
The thing about 'Aquarius' is it's incredibly original, and it's really different than anything on network television. The story is so compelling, and it's something people are fascinated by.
Claire Holt
People
Incredibly
Television
About
Something
Network
Network Television
Something People
Than
Different
Anything
Story
Really
Fascinated
Original
Compelling
Thing
As a kid, I used to tell all these stories. I remember meeting a childhood friend, and we were talking. We remembered that I had made up this story about going to Mars. And she looked at me and said, 'I didn't sleep for a week after that!'
Claire Messud
Me
Remember
Made
Meeting
Kid
Tell
Mars
About
Week
Had
Remembered
Looked
She
Talking
Said
Were
Friend
Up
Going
Childhood
Stories
After
Story
Used
Sleep
'A Christmas Carol' has been described as the most perfect of Dickens's works and as a quintessential heart-warming story, and it is certainly the most popular.
Claire Tomalin
Christmas
Carol
Has-Been
Perfect
Most
Been
Dickens
Quintessential
Story
Certainly
Popular
Works
I want everyone who's listening to know who I am and not just see me as this singer. I want them to feel connected to my story.
Clairo
Me
Listening
Everyone
See
Feel
Know
Singer
Am
Just
Want
Story
Them
Who
Connected
The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.
Clara Hughes
Depression
Down
Baby
Only
Attached
Take
Shared
Step
Stigma
Tiny
Story
Breaking
Reason
Sometimes it's great when, you know, you're sitting down to watch a straightforward story, and you know how it's going to go, and you know how it's going to end. That's a fairy tale.
Clare-Hope Ashitey
Great
You
Sometimes
Down
Tale
Know
Fairy
Fairy Tale
How
Go
End
Sitting
Going
Story
Straightforward
Watch
In our time, there are still many, like those in the Good Samaritan story, who being of the religious classes in that time, purposely crossed to the other side of the road, and passed by the injured and bleeding.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Time
Good
Other
Side
Our
Those
Our Time
Religious
Classes
Crossed
Purposely
Road
Bleeding
Like
Passed
Still
Being
Story
Who
Many
Injured
Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor - tell the story, and when it's told, there's another one to tell.
Clarke Peters
You
Sit
Every
Back
Tell
Some
Scene
Look
Another
Want
Crap
Story
Film
Actor
Film Actors
I am thankful to those who've listened to my story over and over as well as those who've helped me share it. For me, the act of storytelling is an act of healing.
Clemantine Wamariya
Thankful
Me
Healing
Those
Share
Over
Well
Am
Listened
Story
Storytelling
Act
Helped
I go around the country sharing my story. I aim to dare other people to go deep into their own stories and hope to inspire them to think about their own world and experiences.
Clemantine Wamariya
Hope
People
World
Inspire
Country
Own
Think
Other
Aim
Dare
About
Sharing
Around
Go
Experiences
Stories
Story
Them
Deep
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