Stories Quotes · Page 187

There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of…

— Sean Lennon

Something deep within us drives accurate messiness into the neat channels of canonical stories.

— Stephen Jay Gould

There is only the actuality of what happens in life. The rest is just a story, no matter who's telling it.

— Gary Crowley

In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.

— James Dyson

Let's not pretend there isn't a huge industry driven by the choices made by editors and writers who decide what a story…

— Tom Hanks

“That’s an Anansi story. ’Course, all stories are Anansi stories. Even this one.”

— Neil Gaiman

I was raised with a huge Armenian influence, always hearing stories of Armenia, celebrating Armenian holidays.

— Kim Kardashian

If everything goes right, we get a good experience. If everything goes wrong, we get a good story.

— Simon Sinek

Gardening is akin to writing stories. No experience could have taught me more about grief or flowers, about achieving survival by going,…

— Eudora Welty

Sin in the Second City is a masterful history lesson, a harrowing biography, and - best of all - a superfun read.…

— Darin Strauss

People love stories and the more you can give information and knowledge and even wisdom through a story, the more likely you…

— Deepak Chopra

I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to.

— Philip Freelon

I'd like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that's why I wanted to do this, to see if…

— Scott Speedman

Some of what we read in classical literature is not relative to our condition, but then many women novelists and poets have…

— Margaret Drabble

I could have written a story about a well-adjusted family. Ned Stark comes down to King’s Landing and takes over and solves…

— George R. R. Martin

What I've learned is, if I have to go out and speak, the best way to get people's attention is to tell…

— Sandra Cisneros

The director makes the movie. The director has to have the story in their head, has to know the style of the…

— Jon Lovitz

It is, I believe, impossible to find in any story upon record so many and such glaring absurdities, contradictions, and falsehoods, as…

— Thomas Paine

“I spoke of the tragic illusion of perpetuity, but, no, my friends, it is a comic one. The ludicrous plot in which…

— Robert Coover

The war is definitely in the background, only referred to in radio news blips and conversation. I think, ultimately, this film is…

— Elijah Wood

I think the biggest mistake you can make in creator owned work is having info-dumps like, "Here's how this world works!" it's…

— Rick Remender

The best thing about being 45 is not taking myself so seriously. Do I miss the package I came in at 25?…

— Jen Lancaster

When I was a kid, my daily routine was playing make-believe, and I kind of created these stories throughout the day. And…

— Nina Arianda

We live in a society that is in transition from oral to written. There are oral stories that are still there, not…

— Chinua Achebe

I believe in the dull lie - make your story boring enough and no one will question it.

— Sara Paretsky

If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the…

— Karen Kingsbury

The Bible tells a story. A story that isn’t over. A story that is still being told. A story that we have…

— Rob Bell

I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.

— Joel Kinnaman

Find the simple story in the product, and present it in an articulate and intelligent, persuasive way.

— William Bernbach

My career in Congress is a story of before Sandy Hook and after Sandy Hook.

— Chris Murphy

It is important to know the stories and histories of things, even if all we know is that we don't know.

— Ali Smith

“Give a hundred writers the same idea and you'll get a hundred different stories.”

— Joy Fielding

I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.

— Taron Egerton

A feature film is an expansion of budget, stress, story, hours, time, workload, everything.

— Taika Waititi

I enjoy heroines who grow and come into their own during the course of a story.

— Maggie Shayne

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.

— Alan Moore

God invented mankind because he loved silly stories. Ralph Steadman I like being absurd.

— Jimmy Fallon

I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling.

— Chris Hegedus

Precious things lost are transmutable. They refuse oblivion. They simply wait to be rendered into testimonies, into stories and songs.

— Andrew Lam