Stories Quotes · Page 109

This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature.

— Northrop Frye

I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.

— J. J. Abrams

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

— Dolly Parton

Maybe its not about the happy endings, but maybe its about the choices you make in the story.

— Alyssa Charles

The subject matter of the stories on the surface... there seem to be a number of stories about travel.

— Kenneth Koch

I worked in the story department for years on 'Cars' and 'Toy Story 3.'

— Dan Scanlon

“Our eventual fate will be the sum of the stories we told ourselves long enough.”

— Crystal Woods

Stories are consoling, fiction is one of the consolation prizes for having lived in the world.

— Don DeLillo

One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not…

— Ira Sachs

Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original and charming. They weren't particularly violent or…

— Derek Jacobi

I am sent on assignments just like guys. I have covered presidential campaigns, natural disasters, tragedies, red carpets, medical stories and more.

— Megan Alexander

This is my favorite story of the week. The Republican National Committee is in trouble after spending nearly $2,000 at a bondage…

— Jay Leno

I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope, go anywhere I pleased any time I…

— Donald Davis

The medals no-one will ever wear should be the ones that reflect the most. It's not an ending, it's not a period…

— Jim Sheeler

We read literature for a lot of reasons, but two of the most compelling ones are to get out of ourselves and…

— Maureen Corrigan

This business can be very frustrating but there is success story after success story of people who take the bull by the…

— Tony Shalhoub

For years and years, I convinced myself that I was unbreakable, an animal with an animal strength or something not human at…

— Dorothy Allison

But most of all I was inspired by the stirring examples of all the other runners. In some pictures they would seem…

— Mark Sutcliffe

I was doing a play in New York, which we had done in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an American premiere of…

— Richard Masur

A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. ''Ours'' is different. My father's spine was…

— Aravind Adiga

Some things definitely work better on film than in books. Introspection is great in books but it doesn't work on film. Anything…

— Nicholas Sparks

Pastor Veronica told the story of a sparrow lying in the street with its legs straight up in the air, straining. a…

— Anne Lamott

The story of The Doors is one of the most compelling in the history of American rock music; three hugely talented musicians…

— Tom DiCillo

One interesting feature of criticism is seen in the ease with which it discovers what Addison called the specific quality of an…

— Robert Aris Willmott

Not an easy story but an important one. Compelling, powerful and engaging.

— Eric Walters

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.

— Philip Yancey

“How complex, untrustworthy, and important our stories are. We will never tell you the true story of our lives.”

— Andy Quan

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

— Stephen Hawking

Reusing pieces of code is like picking off sentences from other people's stories and trying to make a magazine article.

— Bob Frankston

There are fairy stories to be written for adults. Stories that are still in a green state.

— Andre Breton

Being a Dodgers fan led to my first Air Force court-martial, but that's another story.

— George Carlin

I’m letting God write my love story because once upon a time, I took control of it and it didn’t work well.

— Nikki Gil

“Stories are vehicles for conveying who we are, what is important, and what ought to be done..”

— David Vermette

My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices.

— Lily Collins

I don't think I have what it takes to make a good action game. I think I'm better at telling a story.

— Hironobu Sakaguchi

Story seems to say that everything happens for a reason and I want to say, No, it doesn’t.

— David Shields

I also write the last paragraph or page of a story first. That way I always know what I'm working towards.

— Truman Capote

I always thought the story [Anthem] would work in three dimensions - and studying that cut material was very useful.

— Jeff Britting

You get closer to your own humanity by understanding the stories of other people and the struggles they have.

— Chath Piersath

I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don't feel as if I have it.

— Joan Larkin