Stories Quotes · Page 226

I'm most interested in working and learning from different people and telling good stories.

— Marguerite Moreau

I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people.

— Mary Stuart Masterson

What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie.

— Tana French

To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do.

— Randy Travis

What are these fundamental principles, if they are not atoms?" "Stories. And they give me hope.

— Neil Gaiman

Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.

— Ashwin Sanghi

Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.

— Mason Cooley

It had always fascinated him that she'd consumed so many words, that her head was full of stories, told a thousand different…

— Sarah Addison Allen

Yes, I receive fan mail. One of my favorite things to do is sit down and read the letters people write. It's…

— Marisa Miller

My favorite part of any baseball book - and I read a lot of them - is the anecdotes. I believe there…

— Jonathan Weeks

I've published several virtually invisible novels and several dozen even more invisible short stories over the years, all of which give me…

— Scott Bradfield

The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It's got…

— James Denton

By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, believe you're there, I believe you into being. Because I'm…

— Margaret Atwood

The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring - and…

— Haruki Murakami

The story of the memoir is a story of me creating certain narratives so that I could live with my own experience…

— Melissa Febos

“Are infinite possibilities a storyteller's worst enemy or best friend? I'd say a bit of both really and one must be grateful…

— Nidhie Sharma

We need to write because so many of our stories are not being heard. Where could they be heard in this era…

— Sandra Cisneros

The story of my recent life.' I like that phrase. It makes more sense than 'the story of my life', because we…

— Mitch Albom

The comic book, and I've said it before, is a treasure trove. It's a grab bag. We certainly have characters and story…

— Glen Mazzara

I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I can't wait…

— Amy Hempel

Any music star would be singing about his lost love. A movie would be about a relatable incident; it wasn't an untouchable…

— Judd Apatow

When you're guest-starring on another show, it really requires you to jump through hoops in a way, because you're servicing the stories…

— Kim Dickens

Good journalism is crucial. Good journalism isn't easy so I think it's less about what story and more about the layers and…

— George Stroumboulopoulos

I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on in my life,…

— Grant Morrison

People gave names to things so they could tell stories about them, goddam fairy tales about children who got out alive.

— Sam Lipsyte

You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.

— Jane Hirshfield

If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer?

— Jennifer Weiner

I think it is nice for people to appreciate a slow-burning, beautiful story that makes you feel good when it is over.

— Emily Blunt

When we get jealous, we tell stories to ourselves about other people. Jealousy makes you look for intensity rather than accuracy.

— Parul Sehgal

All of us in the Ball family in South Carolina, from the time we're children, hear stories about our ancestors, the slave…

— Edward Ball

Can the foot soldier teach anything important about war, merely for having been there? I think not. He can tell war stories.

— Tim O'Brien

I try to be honest; I really do try not to exaggerate the story. I try to be accurate.

— Max Lucado

Whether it's on top of a phone booth or a $200 million soundstage, it's about stories.

— Peter Gallagher

I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers.

— Koren Zailckas

Short stories are not maybe the biggest deal in our culture anymore.

— Anthony Doerr

The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.

— John Eldredge

I am filled suddenly with hope. I don't think I will ever die. We are looking for ghosts, but, I think, a…

— Tony Earley

When my nine goes buck, it will bust your head like a watermelon dropping 12 stories up.

— Ice Cube

Some people just see the glory and they don't want to know about the story.

— Matt Damon

I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place…

— Isabel Allende