Odd things happen in New York, which is why it's such a great source of stories. — Sophie Blackall Copy Share Image
West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York. — Vincente Minnelli Copy Share Image
The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us. — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
It still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions. — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“Stories of absurd events in life get my creative juices flowing and have so far given birth to some of my best… — Simon Zingerman Copy Share Image
Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
When media "narratives" about [Pope] Francis get set in concrete, and act as filters bending or distorting (or ignoring) aspects of his… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
The type of stories I write are about young people grappling with the biggest problems in their lives, often problems that are… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is always complicated, it's not like you snap your fingers and go, 'Ah, I know what I'll write'. For… — Reif Larsen Copy Share Image
Jerel Law has crafted a fantastic story that will leave every reader wanting more. Stop looking for the next great read in… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
Our earliest poets were shamans. Today, as in the earliest times, true shamans are poets of consciousness who know the power of… — Robert Moss Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can have a great scene but it just doesn't need to be in the movie. If it's not progressing the… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
“The tatters of old stories are tangled, weathered, muted by long-held silences that succeeded loud feuds, and sometimes no doubt re-dyed a… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I… — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
Let us again pretend that life is a solid substance, shaped like a globe, which we turn about in our fingers. Let… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Lore is my favorite kind of story. Because it's not only historical, it's a lie everyone knows is a lie but tells… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality. The more fantastical characters, or fantastical worlds that they inhabit are really… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
American foreign policy is not understood by the vast majority of American people. And that this is due to a media that… — Denis Halliday Copy Share Image
History has got a lot to do with unique circumstances under certain particular cases and grand theories will always find counter cases.… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
I genuinely was just such a fan of the books. When I heard that this was on the cards, I've got to… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
I thought both she [Gypsy Rose Lee] and her story would be ill-served by a conventional, birth-to-death narrative, and so I structured… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
![“I believe in the story [ of Adam and Eve]. For me, it's a story.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ca6/elie-wiesel-341_adam_i-believe-in-the-story-of-adam-and-eve-f_898543.png)
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![“American foreign policy is not understood by the vast majority of American people. And that this is due to a media that in this country is suppressed by Washington and by the owners of this media, who often tend to be corporate entities close to the [White House] and very often are arms…” quote by Denis Halliday](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e01/denis-halliday-72948_american-foreign-pol_american-foreign-policy-is-not-understoo_2757835.jpg)
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