We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
New technology is changing the way we can film. It's enabling us to get fresh new images and tell brand new stories. — Karen Bass Copy Share Image
What you'll gain is the macro story. You'll get a good command of that. And what you might lose is some of… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of stories over the years, and sometimes there are larks, and they're fun, and you kind of move… — David Grann Copy Share Image
I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I might enjoy writing some ghost stories set in Japan because their whole idea about the spirit world is so interesting. — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as we see ourselves — John Green Copy Share Image
That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep,… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“Great stories are not the ones which have great people in them. Great stories are the ones which have ordinary people, willing… — Priyanka singh Copy Share Image
That was the shocking part. Here we were in the midst of everything and this potentially giant story was being told and… — Robert A. M. Stern Copy Share Image
There's no real rules about what you do [while directing]; it's just you just use your instincts as to the pacing of… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Baltimore was like a small town when I got there - the Colts, the Orioles, guys like Frank Robinson, we all knew… — Earl Monroe Copy Share Image
I've definitely written people e-mails telling them I've loved their stories, but that seems more like a professional journalist thing to do. — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
“In seconds, the room flooded with wide-eyed girls wanting to meet the artist of the butterfly stories. Stories about healing and redemption.… — Melanie Dobson Copy Share Image
I want studios that make story-based games to start taking their stories more seriously. And that doesn't mean hiring a big shot… — Neil Druckmann Copy Share Image
“...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
A form wherein we can enjoy simultaneously what is best in both the novel and the short story form. My plan was… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Are people drawn to each other because of the stories they carry inside? At the library I couldn’t help but notice which… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Even my novels offer passages in which the major character is imagined as a writer. In Joss and Gold, Li An is… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
I love touring, I love making records, but eventually all I want...I want to score. I want people to ask me to… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Every Christmas people are so nice to me, they think I am Little Tim from A Christmas Story. But I'm not. *smiles* — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“I will get forgotten, but the stories will last. And so we all matter -- maybe less than a lot, but always… — John Green Copy Share Image
I like being part of good movies and telling stories that mean something to me. I also like playing characters that I… — Katie Holmes Copy Share Image
Every life has a purpose. Share your story and you may help someone find their own. — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
The story fails but your faith in the importance of doing the story doesn't fail. — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“I have read stories of budget airlines stranding families and them having to pay $9,000 to get home!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional. — Anil Kapoor Copy Share Image
What stories are new? All types of all characters march through all fables. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Ninth graders with machine guns: its hard to make that a happy story. — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know there's a story there. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
Whoever wants to tell a variety of stories ought to have a variety of beginnings. — Marie de France Copy Share Image
Because of empathy, stories of the suffering of one person could lead us into a war that could kill millions of people. — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Storytelling wasn't about making things up. It was more like inviting the stories to come through her, let themselves be told. — Jennifer McMahon Copy Share Image
I love things that are old and beautiful and tell a story, even if it's a sad one. — Michelle Williams Copy Share Image