History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Every story, every poem, every written piece is about belonging. There is a me, there is a we, there is an us,… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I guess the story that best defines us [with Bud Yorkin] and our relationship goes back to the [Dean] Martin and [Jerry]… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
And the university's reputation will only continue to grow as stories like Elaine's are spread. Delaware State University's motto 'a past to… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
I'd love to take a stab at writing videogames. There are a lot of storytelling opportunities that really aren't being taken advantage… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I only like naturalistic stories. I love short, fantastic stories that cast a spell over the reader, that transport you instantly to… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You never know what's going to happen, so I get up at 6 a.m. every morning. It's a new wakeup call for… — Abby Huntsman Copy Share Image
Our awareness of time affects how we think and act. This is illustrated by the story about the clock in a restaurant… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
I took a correspondence course with a guy at Ohio University. He gave me ten exercises, and one of them resulted in… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
The narrator blames the birds. And you want to blame the birds as well. I blamed the birds for a long time.… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school… — Elton John Copy Share Image
When I write, the story is always uppermost in my mind, and I feel that everything must be sacrificed to it. All… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
This time I m not going to tell you a story. I'll just say that insanity is the inability to communicate your… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
A book is a collaboration between the one who reads and what is read and, at its best, that coming together is… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Getting bogged down in old stories stops the flow of learning by censoring our perceptions, making us functionally deaf and blind to… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
A 3K word story might well be done in some caffeine-and-nicotine-fuelled 36 hour session, and at the end of it, there'll be… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
I think suspense should be like any other color on a writers palette. I suppose Im in the minority but I think… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
You had bands like D.O.A., or Black Flag, and a whole network opened up to trailblazer a counter culture movement. I'm more… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
You know, the usual story. Once upon a time I was playing my harp by a spring when a fairy appeared out… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind and yet I found myself… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
Phil Ershler is a world class climber and guide. Sue Ershler is a first class businesswoman. But their story is not just… — Jim Whittaker Copy Share Image
Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
What I may intend for a story to communicate and what a story ends up communicating could be two different things. And… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
But to me, the most important page in my daughter's book is the last one - because it's blank. It says 'Your… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
The new cosmic story emerging into human awareness overwhelms all previous conceptions of the universe for the simple reason that it draws… — Brian Swimme Copy Share Image
Stories are the untested, uninvestigated theories that tell us what all these things mean. We don’t even realize that they’re just theories. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Long before I realized I was exploring something, that I was looking to develop something in myself, I was just naturally drawn… — Barnet Bain Copy Share Image
Surely I'm not the only person to ask the obvious question: How different, really, is Mr. Madoff's tale from the story of… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
We need time to relax and enjoy ourselves too, no matter how dark the story. The occasional humorous moment helps with that.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Get involved and learn how to recognise a story happening in front of you. Learn how to ask questions and be curious.… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
I have always loved to read, and now that I have penned 10 novels and a few magazine articles, I have fallen… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
Crime fiction makes money. It may be harder for writers to get published, but crime is doing better than most of what… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
From earliest times, humans - explorers and thinkers - have wanted to figure out the shape of their world. Forever, the way… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Perhaps my favourite story is 'Le Passe-Muraille' by Marcel Ayme. It's about a guy who wakes up with a weird faculty that… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
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