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I think there's definitely a way to tell a story, to also look at marriages that are working, but find drama from what's challenging them. That's what I think, certainly, 'Parenthood' is kind of about: the unexpected things that come up in your life that challenge you as a man, as a woman, as a husband and a wife, and as a parent.
Jason Katims
Life
You
Man
Woman
Challenge
Wife
Husband
Think
Drama
Way
Definitely
Tell
Marriages
Kind
Find
About
Parent
Parenthood
Come
Look
Also
Up
Unexpected
Story
Them
Working
Your
Certainly
Challenging
Things
A lot of times as writers, you want to come up with the best possible story, and you bend it according to what you want to happen. I think one of the things that I always try to think about is what would really happen in a situation, what feels real.
Jason Katims
Best
You
Try
Situation
Think
Bend
Possible
One Of The Things
Would
About
Writers
Feels
Come
Always
Real
Lot
According
Up
Times
Want
Happen
Story
Really
Things
Any show I'm working on, I want the stories to always be about something, and to have the potential to be emotional. That's the kind of story that I like.
Jason Katims
Kind
About
Something
Potential
Emotional
Like
Always
Any
Want
Stories
Story
Working
Show
I definitely would like to do something serious. Not like a love story, but serious like maybe a gangster or a mobster. A gang or a mob movie would be great.
Jason Mewes
Love
Great
Love Story
Definitely
Would
Would-Be
Something
Like
Mob
Maybe
Movie
Story
Gang
Gangster
Serious
'Straight Outta Compton' is not a story we didn't know about or anything like that, but it's just something that resonated really well... It had no choice but to explode.
Jason Mitchell
No Choice
About
Something
Had
Like
Know
Well
Just
Anything
Just Something
Story
Straight
Explode
Really
Choice
As a listener, we're looking for that person who kind of excites the molecules within us - who knows how to tell the story that resonates deeply to our core and almost prompts us into action. Fats Waller has been that person for decades. When people need a lift, sometimes they go to him. I know I do.
Jason Moran
People
Sometimes
Looking
Action
Resonates
Our
Fats
Tell
Has-Been
Kind
Lift
Excites
Almost
Know
Him
Knows
Within
How
Go
Been
Person
Decades
Listener
Story
Us
Molecules
Who
Deeply
Need
Core
I prefer the word 'journeyman' to 'journalist' because I think that certainly, when you hear a story, you want to hear certain facts. But I also think what makes a story interesting is the points of view expressed therein.
Jason Silva
You
Word
Journalist
Think
Facts
Points
Journeyman
Also
Because
Makes
Hear
Want
Story
Interesting
Prefer
Certain
View
Certainly
Therein
Expressed
I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke.
Jason Statham
Love
Good
Sense Of Humor
People
Humor
Joke
Sense
Tell
Good Sense
Good Story
Story
Who
Most powerful is when you see a person on camera with a disability, and it's not the point of the story. That's happening more and more. Not enough, let's be clear, but it's happening more.
Jason Winston George
You
Enough
See
More
More And More
Point
Disability
Clear
Powerful
Most
Most Powerful
Camera
Person
Happening
Story
I was in Las Vegas, and there was a exhibit of King Tut's tomb, and it was an audio tour. At the very end of that, I just thought it would be a really cool structure for a novel, but I just didn't have a story to go along with it.
Jay Asher
Thought
King
Would
Would-Be
Structure
Tour
Vegas
Along
Audio
Exhibit
Go
End
Very
Just
Story
Really
Cool
Novel
Tomb
Las Vegas
As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.
Jay Asher
Responsibility
Tell
Only
Writer
Story
Compelling
It's funny: when I go to a school and speak, and when they hear the back story about me, they want to go read the book.
Jay Asher
Funny
Me
Book
Speak
School
Back
About
Read
Go
Hear
Want
Story
The main character in the book is usually someone you're identifying with because the story is being told through this person's mind.
Jay Asher
Character
You
Book
Mind
Someone
Through
Main
Main Character
Identifying
Because
Person
Being
Story
I had written a book that dealt with really serious issues. Was anybody going to want to read a Christmas love story from me?
Jay Asher
Love
Christmas
Me
Book
Love Story
Had
Written
Read
Dealt
Issues
Going
Anybody
Want
Story
Really
Serious
Serious Issues
I thought I was going to be known for my humor. But then I had an idea for a story, which was absolutely not humorous. But, of course, that's the one that sells and becomes big.
Jay Asher
Humor
Thought
Big
Humorous
Absolutely
Absolutely Not
Had
Idea
Known
Course
Becomes
Sells
Going
Story
Which
Then
I have always felt a comedy's story is undercut if you have a villain who is not really menacing.
Jay Chandrasekhar
You
Comedy
Menacing
Undercut
Felt
Always
Story
Really
Who
Villain
A lot of what you're seeing these characters go through is something that either is a story one of the actors told in the writers' room or one of the writers themselves told in the writers' room.
Jay Ellis
You
Characters
Seeing
Something
Through
Writers
Go
Lot
Story
Either
Room
Themselves
Actor
I read the script first to get the perspective on the whole story, the writing, and how the character I'm auditioning for is talked about by other people or relates to other people; from there, I go into the sides.
Jay Ellis
Character
People
Writing
Perspective
First
Other
Relates
Sides
About
Talked
Read
How
Auditioning
Go
Get
Story
Script
Whole
There's a fairy story called the 'The Shoemaker and the Elves' where this old cobbler keeps leaving leather out overnight and wakes up the next day, and there's a new pair of shoes. Co-authoring is a little like that. You send off the manuscript to your partner, and a few days later, you check your email, and hey, there's more book in here!
Jay Kristoff
Day
You
Book
Old
Partner
Shoes
Few
Elves
Later
Email
Hey
Out
More
Check
New
Days
Like
Fairy
Leather
Leaving
Overnight
Off
Wakes
Up
Send
Where
Story
Little
Next
Your
Manuscript
Pair
Keeps
Here
I think the membrane - I say that the membrane between life and death is perilously thin. And I do think the story of Jesus, this great mythical story, can have transforming value in our lives.
Jay Parini
Life
Death
Great
Value
Think
Our
Our Lives
Say
Life And Death
Mythical
Between
Story
Transforming
Lives
Thin
Jesus
Obviously, you're trying to peel through 20 centuries of theology, speculations, church doctrine and storytelling. I'm trying to get back to the absolute basic story of who was Jesus, what did he say, what was he teaching, and what did he do.
Jay Parini
You
Church
Peel
Back
Say
Absolute
Through
He
Doctrine
Obviously
Get
Trying
Did
Story
Storytelling
Centuries
Theology
Teaching
Who
Basic
Jesus
Speculations
So who is Jesus? For me, he's the central character in the greatest story ever told. It's a story about a gradually realizing kingdom that lies inside of us.
Jay Parini
Character
Me
Lies
Inside
Kingdom
About
He
Greatest
Gradually
Story
Central
Us
Realizing
Who
Ever
Jesus
Character and story are suggested by the voice in the words themselves.
Jayne Anne Phillips
Character
Words
Voice
Story
Themselves
Suggested
Those ethical choices often are made every day at a time, minute by minute in ways that you may not even relate to ethics, so I'm going to walk them through the whole story from that perspective and hopefully they'll be able to walk away with something good from it.
Jayson Blair
Time
Good
Day
You
Every Day
Walk
Perspective
Ethics
Made
Every
Relate
Ways
Those
Hopefully
Able
Minute
Something
Something Good
Through
Going
May
Often
Story
Them
Ethical
Choices
Whole
Even
Away
For me, Caitlyn Jenner is such a huge role model. She's really making a difference in our society by just being brave and sharing her story. People say she's not brave and courageous, but to me, she is so brave and courageous.
Jazz Jennings
Me
People
Society
Our
Say
People Say
Sharing
She
Courageous
Making
Making A Difference
Huge
Model
Role
Role Model
Brave
Just
Difference
Being
Story
Really
Her
Whether it's in America, Quebec, or France, if I can tell a story that takes me out of my comfort zone, then I'm surfing.
Jean-Marc Vallee
Me
France
Out
Tell
Takes
Comfort
Comfort Zone
Surfing
Quebec
America
Story
Whether
Then
Zone
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