“Stand behind the stories that are real, not just reel.” — Chintha Sai Bhargav Reddy Copy Share Image
People see in stories what they’re looking for, my young friend. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The Kite Runner is a story of two boys and a father, and the strange love triangle that binds them. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I've done it my whole life. — Cody Horn Copy Share Image
The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s. — Joe Pantoliano Copy Share Image
Perhaps our imagination needs crime stories to fulfill some craving we have, as a way to assuage a darkness in ourselves. — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
All stories teach us something, and promise us something, whether they're true or invented, legend or fact. — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
I've lived enough of my life story to know this- Fate writes the book, but you make the movie. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Listen up and I'll tell a story about an artist growing old. Some would try for fame and glory; others aren't so… — Daniel Johnston Copy Share Image
For example, Michael Mann's film Collateral - there is certain kinds of stories that lend themselves to digital photography. Some things are… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
a good writer should draw the reader in by starting in the middle of the story with a hook, then go back… — Roland Smith Copy Share Image
Every work [of literature] has both a situation and a story. The situation is the context or circumstance, sometimes the plot; the… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Very few writers understand the complex history and maddening social order of the Mississippi Delta. For Steve Yarbrough, though, it's home turf.… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Ideas for stories come to me based on my life, so who knows? If somebody sends me to become an astronaut, that's… — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story',… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
Leigh [Bowery] would make up stories about people committing suicide or going on hunger strikes because they were refused entry at the… — Boy George Copy Share Image
“For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Corn is the hero of its own story, and though we humans played a crucial supporting role in its rise to world… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I want to suggest to you that the day of the artists has come. That there are things about symbols and the… — Graham Cray Copy Share Image
I read stories aloud at every stage. I listen to my writer friends when they kindly offer criticism. I listen to my… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
Most problems, decisions, and performances are multidimensional, but somehow the results have to be reduced to a few key indicators which are… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, you have no power. You're physically small and weak, and adults are constantly telling you what to do.… — Paul Waldman Copy Share Image
When the press writes scare stories about the global labor supply draining jobs from rich to poor places, the story is usually… — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image
To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face… — Li-Young Lee Copy Share Image
“I'm not just a reader or a writer; I inhale written words like they're my oxygen. It's not a hobby. It's a… — Nicola Haken Copy Share Image
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