You will die a worse death if you do not leave my domain,” a voice thundered down from the third story of… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
If we take seriously the idea that the stories we want to hear shape the stories we can (and want to, and… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
The goal is always about the next story. It's always about the thing I haven't done before. It's about learning, or it's… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
'Tell to Win' reveals the key elements that tellers of purposeful stories utilize to engage their listeners and turn them into viral… — Peter Guber Copy Share Image
Through working with amazing people, the bar is always raised to do your own best work. I want to be a part… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
There are so many romantic comedies made, but very few dramas or love stories. And with a love story, you have to… — Gina Prince-Bythewood Copy Share Image
And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story there is a shimmering go-between. That go-between, that… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
GraceQuest is a gripping story of one man's (and his family's) struggle with tremendous weakness and pain, but it is also a… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book,… — E. Nesbit Copy Share Image
Sometimes listening to music can motivate you. It can. But if you're a musician, that isn't always the way to get new… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet.… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
The important question has nothing to do with whether the talk in your story is sacred or profane; the only question is… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I was a Teletype operator in the army, so that's where I learned to type. One day, I went downstairs to see… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
I’m not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they’re wearing…… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When you look at every studio in the '20s or '30s, from Louis B. Mayer to Jack Warner, you see people who… — Ryan Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
The market for short stories is hard to break into, but a magazine editor isn't always looking for big names with which… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
I look at comic books, and I do very eclectic mood boards with ideas and images that have to do with a… — Alexandra Byrne Copy Share Image
A story is told that Whistler once painted a tiny picture of a spray of roses. The artistry involved in the picture… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I'm more confident when I… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor - tell… — Clarke Peters Copy Share Image
There is no right or wrong way to tell a story. You have to find your own way. You can get your… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I’m not a child. (Zarek) No, you’re not a child. You never were. Children are supposed to be protected and cared for.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Raising a child is very much like building a skyscraper. If the first few stories are slightly out of line. no one… — Jim Bishop Copy Share Image
I think it is more important to tell a story rather than follow any trend; that is a less bold way to… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
Nature is full of drama. I know nothing about biology, about birds, about insects, about the details of politics. I just make… — Jacques Perrin Copy Share Image
Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a… — Louis Leakey Copy Share Image
Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and the world: telling stories is a universally… — Chris Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
Stories heal us because we become whole through them. In the process of writing, of discovering our story, we restore those parts… — Deena Metzger Copy Share Image
When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes.… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, whenever I'm working on something, I kind of forget there's a lot of people watching. It makes it… — Michiel Huisman Copy Share Image
To be sure, the story of Hurricane Katrina does have a moral for anyone not deliberately blind. The races are different. Blacks… — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from… — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
His stories are good to hear at night, because we can dream about them asleep; and good in the morning, too, because… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
All through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
“Stories enabled you to forget your life and your limits. They urged you to reach for a world that was never meant… — Tiffany Truitt Copy Share Image
I'm glad that Jewish kids are taught about the Holocaust and other stories in our history, but I wonder if there are… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
Foreign novels are less action-oriented. They have a different pace; they’re more reflective. They challenge us to look for the story, find… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image