Will Packer Quotes

Story is what's most important.

I like shows or films or books that have messages but don't beat people over the head with them.

You can't tell any kind of a story without having some kind of a theme, something to say between the lines.

You just have to tell your authentic stories, and hopefully, it resonates. Whatever your story is, you just have to tell it authentically.

I let the music do the talking, and people are still getting feelings from my songs.

I really don't care about plot. I really, really don't.

I just read the script; everything else just follows. Content is the most important thing for me.

I'm always curious what the world is trying to tell story wise.

At the end of the day, it's all about the story.

Narratives are very important to me.

I want stories that tackle things.

I think you can tilt too far to the side of the story where the message is just simply entertainment. So I think your goal has to be to craft in one sentence what the truth is you are trying to convey. And then you find or create a story that you wrap around that truth.

My main goal is to tell a story.

You have to know the story that you're telling, and you have to know the tone in which the story is being told.

Perhaps you're not finished with your story, and who knows if you'll ever finish it or not. Honestly, it's not that important.

One of those moments he knew he'd remember and look back on, one of those moments that he'd try to capture in the stories he told. Nothing was happening, really, but the moment was thick with mattering.

I don't like to talk about messages so much with films simply because it's a little more didactic. The reason I'm a filmmaker is to tell stories and so you hope that they will have resonance for people and for the kind of things you're talking about.

Good marketers tell a story.

The medium is secondary to the stories.

The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

Mythology is much better stuff than history. It has form; logic; a message.

Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.

I know that an important message is not a novel. To say that we should all be kind to our neighbors is an important statement; it's not a novel.

For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.

You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul