Stories Quotes · Page 198

There is nobody so weak of invention that cannot make some little stories to villify his enemy.

— Joseph Addison

The most interesting part of filming is what the actors do. That's the primary link between the story and the audience.

— Richard Ayoade

Lyrics have got to be simple and catchy. A hook is more important than an overall concept or story.

— Galcher Lustwerk

Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.

— Simone de Beauvoir

But stories that live longest Are sung above the glass, And Parnell loved his country And Parnell loved his lass.

— William Butler Yeats

Everything’s a story, kid. Stories are what help us make sense of the world.

— Jeff Daniels

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the…

— Lara Flynn Boyle

You can get away with stuff in a one-page story that you can't get away with in a book.

— Joel Stein

So it's happened, I kept thinking, you're in the middle of a story exactly as you've always wanted, and it's horrible. Fear…

— Cornelia Funke

A new survey indicates that Obama supporters love iPhones. So if you have an iPhone, chances are you are going to be…

— David Letterman

There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to…

— Steven Spielberg

My whole life, as an adult as well, I've been attracted to stories about young people. This period of time is so…

— Jenny Han

There's definitely a magical quality to writing that can't be explained. I can write something I love in two days, or I…

— Mary J. Miller

I'm one of those people who think that stories should have a beginning, a middle and an end, and then they're over,…

— Jim Butcher

So the story goes, so I'm told The people he knew were Less than golden hearted Gamblers and robbers Drinkers and jokers,…

— Dave Matthews

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary…

— Douglas Pagels

I've always played down the drama in my films. In my main scenes, there's never an opportunity for an actor to let…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

“Often, the best stories aren't when someone pulls one 180-degree turn, but when someone pulls 180 one-degree turns: the stories when someone…

— Josh James Riebock

This is the only time in history when I get to fight for God. This is the only part of my eternal…

— Joni Eareckson Tada

“Woolrich had a genius for creating types of story perfectly consonant with his world: the noir cop story, the clock race story,…

— Francis M. Nevins

I dont work weekends. Weekends are for my kids. And I have dinner at home every night when Im not physically directing…

— Steven Spielberg

I think the best thing about music is that someone could be writing a song that's so personal, and it tells so…

— Theresa Wayman

Lettering should be invisible. You shouldn't notice it, unless it is a determined piece of storytelling in graphic design. Whether handmade or…

— Brian Michael Bendis

The story is whether or not the villains, in the eyes of the media, will win or can be stopped. But when…

— Rush Limbaugh

Did you see The Never-Ending Story? That's one kick-ass dragon. It's basically a giant puppy dragon.

— Adam Richman

It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.

— Aaliyah

I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.

— Abbas Kiarostami

That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.

— Vincente Minnelli

I think it's actually kind of sweet how there is a reciprocal effect that our stories can have on each other.

— Chelsea Manning

All our stories are part invention - the way we've decided to make sense of what has happened.

— Melissa Febos

A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.

— Michael Ende

You don't realize how little accuracy there is in network TV reporting until they cover a story in your hometown.

— Robert Breault

What I would love is for people to see some of the stories I want to tell.

— Debra Granik

I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first…

— Wally Lamb

How [stories] are told, who tells them, when they’re told, how many stories are told — are really dependent on power.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story.

— Anonymous

It's been the same story ever since I can remember, ever since Wilson - the Republicans don't do a thing for the…

— John Updike

In a funny way, the stories keep themselves alive by emerging from one another. I like that.

— Donald E. Westlake

I love ghost stories but I can't really watch them, especially not by myself because then I can't sleep.

— Laurie Holden

I fell in love with the possibilities of telling the story in the future, and married that quickly.

— J.H. Wyman