Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you. — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. . . . — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
There's something very special about knowing what you want to do and knowing the story you want to tell, but finding it… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
You think that what I've told you is an anecdote. But really it isn't. It's my whole life. It's the only story… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
Ghost stories ... tell us about things that lie hidden within all of us, and which lurk outside all around us. — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
“I mean, most people want to escape. Get out of their heads. Out of their lives. Stories are the easiest way to… — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
The big nut to crack is to how to tell a story, what’s the right way to tell a particular story. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Its not a story in which the characters grow up, but a story in which they draw on something already inside them,… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Why should Americans care about the Nazi back story in World War II? If you don't have the Nazi back story in… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's… — Shawn Ashmore Copy Share Image
A love story - your own, or anyone else's - is interior, hidden. It can never be accurately reported, only imagined. It… — Joan Wickersham Copy Share Image
I don't take anything personally. I am a secondary character in other people's stories. I know that whatever people say about me… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
It's too bad for us "literary" enthusiasts, but it's the truth nevertheless -- pictures tell any story more effectively than words .… — William Moulton Marston Copy Share Image
Everyone working on 'Tyrant' wants to present the world and the issues in it in an intelligent, open, fair, non-reductive kind of… — Adam Rayner Copy Share Image
The cinema, like the detective story, makes it possible to experience without danger all the excitement, passion and desirousness which must be… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Characters simply come and find me. They sit down, I offer them a coffee. They tell me their story and then they… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things,… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
If I could have found what I needed at thirteen, I would not have lost so much of my life chasing vindication… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
We were friends with Jonathan Demme. We were all down on the West Side of New York, and I think I met… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
In my teaching, I try to expose my students to the widest range of aesthetic possibilities, so I'll offer them stories from… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I would look at the first chapter of any new novel as a final test of its merits. If there was a… — Anonymous 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
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
I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to… — Katie Cassidy Copy Share Image
By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained. — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid. — Andrew Scott Copy Share Image
I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the… — Becky G Copy Share Image
In journalism, there are only two stories - "Oh, the wonder of it," and "Oh, the shame of it." — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I was tired of working in an office and I wanted to make a living telling stories. There are not many people… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Personally, as a print journalist, I always found the most interesting stories to be the ones hacks talked about in the bar… — Nick Denton Copy Share Image
Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience. — Nicholas Lea Copy Share Image
Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality, — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Books and movies inspire me, but I do my best to keep my stories as original as possible. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Not everyone has a sob story, Charlie, and even if they do, it's no excuse. — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I've traveled around the world and made love with many satisfied women. So I decided to share my story. — Rick Fox Copy Share Image
“What I need now is stories, it took me a long time to know that, and I'm not sure of it.” — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders — Tom Berenger Copy Share Image
