Stories Quotes · Page 20

Make your life a story worth telling,

— Anonymous

You want a love story too? There's none to be had.

— Leigh Bardugo

Not all stories are meant for the big screen.

— Rana Daggubati

My specialty is two things: music or really strange stories.

— Malik Bendjelloul

'Creep,' unfortunately, was one of my true stories.

— Tionne Watkins

he's a story i want to know from page one

— Sara Zarr

Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.

— Timothy Keller

I think tone gives birth to the story.

— Etgar Keret

I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.

— David McCullough

People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers.

— Stefan Sagmeister

How well you tell your story determines how well your customers tell your story.

— Simon Mainwaring

To say that I am organized is an understatement, but my car tells a different story.

— Emily Procter

I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.

— Frank Darabont

I love vampire stories. That's why I did the movie. Women especially were taken with that movie-even more so when it came…

— Catherine Deneuve

It's great that the story [Allied] is set in the '40s because the '40s feel to it is completely appropriate.

— Steven Knight

In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.

— Theresa Breslin

I like any story that starts one place and really takes a huge journey to a whole new place; that people in…

— Amy Smart

We're not keen on the idea of the story sharing its valence with the reader. But the reader's own life "outside" the…

— David Foster Wallace

Insecurity is a natural part of human nature, and there are times we feel our stories are not worth telling, so we…

— LZ Granderson

Do you have to do murder? Do we have to do murder? Sure we have to do murder. There are only two…

— Leslie Ford

Dorado Beach's rich history provided amazing inspiration to put forward a bold menu celebrating the legacy of the people and cuisine that…

— Anonymous

Stories matter. Stories are how we make sense of the world, which doesn't mean that those stories can't be stupid and simplistic…

— Laurie Penny

Be alert and present and see that your identity is not from your past story; who you truly are is the alert…

— Eckhart Tolle

The MacGuffin in that [Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky story] was [Bill] Clinton staying in office. That's what he wanted, and the media was…

— Rush Limbaugh

What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to…

— Mary Ann Shaffer

Initially, it connected with me when I was a kid, seeing a lot of movies while growing up in Los Angeles. And…

— Curtis Hanson

We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the…

— Charlie Kaufman

Since 1970, I've been using text and ephemera as well as photographs in order to tell stories of one kind or another.…

— Jim Goldberg

All countries must be governed by the modern people; they must be governed by the progressive people; they must be governed by…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. When…

— John Dufresne

I never looked at Noah as an animal collector. I always thought of him as an apocalyptic character. I read everything I…

— Russell Crowe

I thought I could capture the stories of the city on paper. I thought I could write about the horrors of the…

— Grant Morrison

As a journalist, the details always tell the story.

— James McBride

The craft of the novelist does lie first of all in story-telling.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Childhood is the one story that stands by itself in every soul.

— Ivan Doig

I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.

— Morris Chestnut

A shot is only as every as good as how well it tells the story.

— Simon Baker

Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity.

— Edward Norton

One story sounds good until another is told

— Aesop

I love the underdog stories. I love people who refuse to give up.

— Phil Keoghan