To me, the most important thing is to tell a good story. If I can do that, I think that enlightenment, respect… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
Most love stories are nocturnal. That's what makes them so fascinating. — Raymond Federman Copy Share Image
Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But time will kill me too - and there´s the… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Criticism changes with the fashion of the time. A story is always a story. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
“I am not disappointed by my old age. There are still stories to tell, paths to walk, and fire within that refuses… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
Never put the story in the lead. Let 'em have a hot shot of ambiguity right between the eyes. — William Safire Copy Share Image
“Stories help shape the way we see ourselves in the world. They help tell us who we can be and what we… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
In the end, the truth always wins out. It always does, no matter how many times you tell a story that isn't… — Gayle King Copy Share Image
I never try to convey a message, I just want to tell a story. Why that story in particular? I have no… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Isn't it boring ... how people always want to tell you their own stories instead of listening to yours? I suppose that's… — Helen Van Slyke Copy Share Image
Apple! Boy, what a story. No taxes paid, everything made abroad—yet everyone worships them. This new iPhone, there’s nothing new in it.… — Vaclav Smil Copy Share Image
We are each born into a situation-a particular body (its race, sex, health...), a set of ancestors, a community, a nation-and born… — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
I've always sort of felt a little bit like I was on the road less traveled, so if I come across a… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love monsters, I love creatures, I love beings, I love aliens. That's more supernatural and more the stuff of fairy tales.… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
I think if you read the story as bad guy turns good guy, then clearly it is a cliché. But my experience,… — Gavin Hood Copy Share Image
I believe in God. Nobody made me believe; I don't think you can or should try to force someone to believe something.… — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
A couple of pieces of advice for the kids who are serious about writing are: first of all, to read everything you… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
The only power source a book needs is you. If you have to leave for a few minutes you have not lost… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I'm happy to have a physical part in 'High Tension,' in 'Hereafter,' and in a lot of French movies and Belgian movies.… — Cecile de France Copy Share Image
Islam has always been a part of America's story...and since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down. — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
If you look at children's stories in fairy tales, they're pretty brutal. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
If you have no conflict, you have no story. That's number one. That's a rule of novels. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
Music is a big part of my life. I listen to different genres, and I choose the music that will inspire the… — Bella Thorne Copy Share Image
I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me. — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ... — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
It's a complicated story [hoe I got into music ]. I actually wrote a book about it, titled For Sue. — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it. — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with. — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“All her stories seemed to involve rowboats and ukuleles, full moons and campfires and grog. I was desperately jealous.” — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
The script is the foundation, but it's not the full story for the film, which only comes alive with the actors. — Mora Stephens Copy Share Image
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