Chuck Jones Quotes

Fans want to see a story with characters, and they want to see a story.

I'm all about the story. If I like the character and I think the story's entertaining, I'll do it.

I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story.

You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world.

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater.

I like having a plot; I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.

I can be so blown away by story lines.

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

I love a really good storyline.

I'm a fan of great storytelling.

The place I begin is with story. If the audience doesn't care about that, then it doesn't matter how amazing the spectacle is. My central philosophy is that people go to the movies to be told a story, not to see stuff blow up.

I think I'm always drawn to a good story.

I like good stories above all else... and kickin' art really goes the final stretch to ensure a comic is good.

If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story.

Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.

A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in the fictional dream.

We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.

A good story is a good story, whatever the medium.

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.

People want good stories.

Literary novelists who have a strong handle on plot are often characterized as good vacation reads because they manage to transport you elsewhere, away from the petty facts of ordinary life.

There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy flying in the sky and beating up on some buildings. It's boring, and people don't want that anymore. They want character, and they want story.

Things that matter are a great story, entertainment, how the lead part moves the story forward and who the directors are.

Without a good story, a franchise won't work.