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I'm actually quite critical of the storytelling theme. I think all the storytellers are not storytellers.

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

I'm a fan of great storytelling.

I think world creation and monster creation and all of that stuff is exciting as a secondary element of storytelling. When it becomes more important than storytelling, I get very nervous, and you sort of lose me a little bit.

I hate being bored when I read a story. Even a well-trod theme can be made fresh by a different perspective or fresh writing.

The stories that I like to tell and the movies I like are always grounded in the emotional arc of the characters.

I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.