"I prefer storytelling pictures and picture-generating stories," he said.

I cannot comment on more recent works - my boys prefer detective/adventure/espionage stories!

He prefers stories about animals that act like human beings.

Mr. Mann preferred stories that focused on character and the troubles of modern life.

He preferred stories to facts and found lying (an art of fiction) more life-giving than representation.

Public-affairs officers of all the services naturally prefer stories about the number of Iraqi prisoners who will walk into the arms of the military police.

"The males prefer stories of many people dying quickly."

They display an astonishing lack of curiosity about the truth, preferring salacious stories of threats.

As for independent film makers, they mostly prefer adult stories, hoping to attract a date-movie crowd.

She preferred true stories to fiction, and inspirational books rather than tales or mysteries.