Begin as if you will finish. Let the story be told that you had the courage to begin. — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the way that I try to write my stories come from watching my mom write plays and… — Jazmine Sullivan Copy Share Image
I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories. — Jim Davis Copy Share Image
I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was. — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising. — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
To make a love story, you need a couple of young people, but to reflect on the nature of love, you're better… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
I remember a class I taught at Ohio State where I assigned a Mary Gaitskill story, which really wasn't that bad, and… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the purpose of life is not this life. It is to equip us, whatever our role is going… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
In college I wrote for the university newspaper, and I had several short stories published in small press. I think it's just… — Gabriel Campisi Copy Share Image
Hollywood no longer offers entertainment. Instead, activism has replaced acting, and sermons have supplanted stories. Instead of a good yarn, you get… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story,… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
I'm trying to tell the story in the most clear, concise, and truthful way, taking those everyday words and phrases and capturing… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
What Christopher Nolan and I have done with 'Superman' is try to bring the same naturalistic approach that we adopted for the… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
A thousand recollected lives were passing through her, a thousand stories - of love and work, of parents and children, of duty… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
In a novella, a whole lot of crap can happen, and you can build momentum and suspense and leave room for a… — Robert Reed Copy Share Image
Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down -… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
It's important to understand it's OK to control the subject. If most editorial stories were photographed just as they are, editors would… — Alfred Eisenstaedt Copy Share Image
Husband and I are preparing ourselves for the new Doctor by watching - well, mainly rewatching - Mr. Capaldi’s back catalogue, we’ve… — Jacqueline Rayner Copy Share Image
That particular story ["The Pyramid and the Ass"] was written during the dark days of the Bush years. George W. Bush had… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
The cold hand of history, which is for ever robbing us of some of our oldest and best cherished stories, points rigidly… — H. A. Guerber Copy Share Image
![“That particular story ["The Pyramid and the Ass"] was written during the dark days of the Bush years. George W. Bush had just been "re-elected" (or elected for the first time, depending on how you count the stolen election) and it seemed like the horror of his presidency would last forever.” quote by Alexander Weinstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c54/alexander-weinstein-17341_ass_that-particular-story-the-pyramid-and-th_1455453.jpg)
