The unknown is the most frightening and mysterious thing, especially in the modern world where we can practically Google anything and find… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
The thing that grounds you, and the thing that really gives you a sense of wholeness, is your family, friends and your… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Point of view is not something I consciously decide. Almost always, when I come up with a plot I find that the… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
It's always a challenge bringing a great story classic to the screen. Giving visual form to the characters and places that have… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
I find that the more I depend on real life, the less interesting the story is. It's much more common for me… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories.… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap,… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
The writers I care about most and never grow tired of are: Shakespeare, Swift, Fielding, Dickens, Charles Reade, Flaubert and, among modern… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There are many marvellous stories told of Pherecydes. For it is said that he was walking along the seashore at Samos, and… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
I try not to think of myself as a woman filmmaker. I don't look for women influences. I have noticed in the… — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
The experience of going to a theater and seeing a movie with a lot of people is still part of the transformational… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I do not mean to be the slightest bit critical of TV newspeople, who do a superb job, considering that they operate… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Amaryllis in Blueberry is a rich, evocative story about an unusual family that will sweep readers away to another place and time.… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
Each poet probably has his or her own cupboard of magnets. For some, it is cars; for others, works of art, or… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
Now we may have more preachers out there than we have drinkers. But a fellow told me a story one time about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
There are a lot of artists who've said they'd like to work with me. To be honest, I'm not sure there is… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
For me, being able to work with somebody who I don't have to translate my experience to all the time - that's… — Ellen Pompeo Copy Share Image
Fiction is truth. I think fiction is the truest thing there ever was. My whole effort is to remove that distinction. The… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Writing a story requires you to understand how the world works, how characters think, how their emotions drive them to do surprising… — David Farland Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to tell sometimes if Etheny’s stories are true, as you will see, so I will lay down the story as… — Skeleton Cat E L Parfitt Copy Share Image
When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
I see many people trying to write well about the wilderness, and essentially failing. To me there are basically two aspects of… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
My sister was drowning in the ocean once, and my brother and I dove in and saved her. True story. She owes… — Matt Barr Copy Share Image
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A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I have kind of an intuitive feeling as a composer as to what would be appropriate for those groups and how to… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
[Mike] just loves [his] motorcycle and he would take it out too early [in Green Bay]. In Green Bay, you've got ice… — Steve Mariucci Copy Share Image
This is not pessimism but rather casting a cold eye on things. It is only one man's story, and I think that… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to tell stories, but I never had the patience to sit down at a… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
I have found that in fiction one is freer to speak the truth, if only because in fiction the truth is not… — Philip Sington Copy Share Image
You see if you tell yourself the same tale over and over again enough times then the tellings become separate stories and… — Kaye Gibbons Copy Share Image
Mentally, I write myself a little story. Of course, sometimes you have a song that says, "Do that." My best example is… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a… — Tabitha Soren Copy Share Image
Those magazine dieting stories always have the testimonial of a woman who wore a dress that could slipcover New Jersey in one… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
![“[Mike] just loves [his] motorcycle and he would take it out too early [in Green Bay]. In Green Bay, you've got ice until June, and he'd take it out sooner than that. He can finish the rest of the story. Ask him about taking the bike out a little too early.” quote by Steve Mariucci](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/010/steve-mariucci-33889_asks_mike-just-loves-his-motorcycle-and-he-wo_2506374.png)
