Forget politics. The real story is the advancements being made in medicine. We're on the verge of conquering cancer and Alzheimer's and… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
Some stories or passages are more difficult and demand more fussing with than others, but, in general, I'm a two-draft writer rather… — John Updike Copy Share Image
There are literally hundreds of stories about women of color that haven't been told that are amazing, fantastic, better than anything else. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Republicans won big, running as Republicans, in 2004. But once they took control of Congress, they started acting like Democrats and lost… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
This story never really had a point. It’s just a lull - a skip in the record. We are addresses in ghost… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The world of religion isn't a logical world; that's why children like it. It's a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to… — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
Narrative Collapse is what happens when we no longer have time in which to tell a story. Remote controls and DVRs give… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The choice, as Wells once said, is the Universe-or nothing. . . . The challenge of the great spaces between the worlds… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
It was tricky [to write about Israelis], because everyone has an opinion about the Arab - Israeli conflict, and when I first… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
I love what I do and feel really lucky to still love what I do - I want to get out of… — Matthew Williamson Copy Share Image
I chose the American ones, more or less the last five years of the silent era, because those are the ones that… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
Warren Berger’s book is a cure for a disease in large enterprises. A More Beautiful Question provides a framework to help leaders… — Jim Stengel Copy Share Image
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
I feel that I'm in a very interesting position, where I'm standing back to look at this change, at this moment in… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
'Planet Earth' was such an extraordinary series and the 'Making Of'... is fascinating: the creatures and stories behind the camera are just… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these… — James Payn Copy Share Image
I think people are really starting to rebel against that. And I think there's going to be more and more gray areas.… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The journalist's job is to get the story by breaking into their offices, by bribing, by seducing people, by lying, by anything… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
If we weren't doing remakes, nobody would know who Shakespeare was. I'm not saying that RoboCop is Shakespeare, but it's a way… — Joel Kinnaman Copy Share Image
That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
The story had held us, round the fire, sufficiently breathless, but except the obvious remark that it was gruesome, as, on Christmas… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Yeah, that'll excite the media, what role will Bill [Clinton] have, versus the [Donald] Trump story. But in all of this, the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a… — adam johnson Copy Share Image
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When you’re focused outside and believe that your problem is caused by someone else, rather than by your attachment to the story… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
The wisdom in the story of the most educated and powerful person is often not greater than the wisdom in the story… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
'Romeo And Juliet' is the classic love story. When two lovers are separated and trying to get back to one another, that's… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
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Without the Christian explanation of original sin, the seemingly silly story of Adam and Eve and the tree of the knowledge of… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
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