In course of time my first novel appeared. It was a love story. — George Barr McCutcheon Copy Share Image
A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I was depressed about the roles that were on offer, so I had to make my own stories. — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
A happy ending is always possible if you are willing to keep the story moving to get there. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
When you're working on a script, every word that's on the page, somebody has to read it. Make every word count in… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper. — Eli Wallach Copy Share Image
We're always just telling stories, and stories are always just approximations of the truth. It's never the truth exactly. — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
Like life itself my stories have no point and get absolutely nowhere. — Thorne Smith Copy Share Image
People love to be told stories, but it's the sugar that draws you into the theater. — Craig Bierko Copy Share Image
I don't pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the… — Jason Ellis Copy Share Image
I think one of the few times I've been involved with real-life characters was the story of Marie Bonaparte. I think it's… — Catherine Deneuve Copy Share Image
What interests me about fiction is, in part, its flickering edge between realism and where a tear in the fabric of a… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“The library is full of stories of supposed triumphs which makes me very suspicious of it. It's misleading for people to read… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It’s a miserable story!” said Bruno. “It begins miserably, and it ends miserablier. I think I shall cry. Sylvie, please lend me… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The detective story itself is in a dilemma. It is a vein which is in danger of being worked out, the demand… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
Why is it that we all - myself included - believe these stories? Why are we so quick to assume that the… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
First play I ever did was 'Footloose.' I played the part of Willard when I was 16. I think I wore my… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
I know this president. And I can tell you that he cares deeply about the next generation of young women in this… — Nancy Keenan Copy Share Image
I write because to write a new sentence, let alone a new poem, is to cross the threshold into both a larger… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
A lot of times it's the child that sees something and not the grownup. I love that because, when readers get older,… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
“She’d never encountered any stories as intricate or compelling as the stories he gave her, nor anything that made her sigh when… — Cassandra Rose Clarke Copy Share Image
