I think it can be incredibly powerful for a teen to be able to put their story out there for others to… — Deborah Reber Copy Share Image
One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
Each story, novel, poem and play presents a vision of the world that illuminates the dark cave of life we stumble through.… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student… — Sandra Fluke Copy Share Image
When you move the camera, or you do a shot like the crane down (in Shawshank) with them standing on the edge… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
All of us ambitious young writers hoped to have a cover story in Esquire, of course. The idea was to write the… — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
What was interesting to me was how they actually went to 9/11 and they chose that as part of his back story… — Brian Wayne Peterson Copy Share Image
A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
There was a time in the 1930s when magazine writers could actually make a good living. 'The Saturday Evening Post' and 'Collier's'… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
When I read the 'Dick and Jane' stories, I thought they were afraid they might forget each other's names because they always… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I'm not at all contemporary, not even modern, and the fact that I would be so quaintly attracted to that wrestling rule… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I first emailed Tao Lin a story I wrote about the experience of losing my virginity sometime in April 2011. He didn't… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The Drama Years is filled with heart-stirring stories, just-been-there advice from recent teens and practical, actionable tips for parents. It's full of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you haven't got an idea, start a story anyway. You can always throw it away, and maybe by the time you… — William Campbell Gault Copy Share Image
The credit card business is a success story and that's where Citigroup has put most of its efforts so far. Now Citigroup… — Zhang Xi Copy Share Image
Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
Think of every character as a main character. They believe they're the main characters in their stories. No one should just be… — Ben Edlund Copy Share Image
My love for you has no depth, its boundaries are ever-expanding. My love and my life with you will be a never-ending… — M. Christina White Copy Share Image
Women don't have to be defined by others. We have the power to define ourselves: by telling our own stories, in our… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
I’ve often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently. — Howard Barker Copy Share Image
The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying… — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image
From a writer's standpoint, each character and story presents its own unique challenges and delights. I'm deeply curious about all of my… — Tina St. John Copy Share Image
For right now, I'd like to tell stories that I want to tell. I haven't wanted to use someone else's material yet,… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in film making. It's telling a story, fiction or non-fiction. I have been filmed quite a lot. Contrary to… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I'm proud to be on the CBC and to see the management here represents both sides of every story. This is what's… — Kevin O'Leary Copy Share Image
Sometimes making a story is as easy as putting two characters in a room and seeing what happens. So, imagine a great… — Jim Toomey Copy Share Image
Rather than saying people aren't interested when things don't take off, you should take it on yourself to say, 'I'm not doing… — Eli Pariser Copy Share Image
Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
I live around dudes all the time so I've heard millions of stories about how they go through a breakup and then… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
I can't remember who said it - I think it was Allan Gurganus when he was visiting the Michener Center - but… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
I always wanted to work at Take A Break magazine, you know, just to inject a little bit of politics into their… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
Entertainment is one of America's greatest exports. And the stories that we tell about people inform the world about how to think… — Kelly McCreary Copy Share Image
Very seldom in my fiction have I directly used the stories people have told me. I think ripping off people's lives in… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
When the whole world is writing letters, it's easy to lap into the quiet within, tell the story of an hour, keep… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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