The magical story is not a microscope but a mirror, not a drop of water but a well. It is not simply… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
Journalism, for me, has always been a calling. There are things that must be exposed to the light, truths that must be… — Leslie Cockburn Copy Share Image
My favorite form is the short story. From an aesthetics stand point you really have to pare down to the bone. You… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I've been writing short stories for twenty years now, on and off ever since I was in the creative writing program at… — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I… — Ice T Copy Share Image
The Tale of Despereaux is the story of an unlikely hero, a mouse, who falls in love with a princess and then… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When you're a kid going on being an adult, everything radiates so deeply and resonates so passionately, and I like the opportunity… — Joseph McGinty Nichol Copy Share Image
One day I decided to move towards documentaries or to move to more directing in documentaries at this point in my career.… — Dror Moreh Copy Share Image
Another guy barked orders to a small army of brooms, mops, and buckets that were scuttling around, cleaning up the city. "Like… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
A lot of college graduates approach me about becoming screenwriters. I tell them, 'Do not become a screenwriter, become a journalist,' because… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you,… — Ronan Farrow Copy Share Image
There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
How can a country be home to sectarian militias and yet also to people who are educated, sophisticated, and pluralistic? This is… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
“Well, since you're not going to do anything with me—can you at least read me a story? I'd settle for that. I… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
I was reading The Bible a lot through my 20s, mostly the Old Testament, just because I was knocked out by the… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
What I really like to do is write 'genre' stories without a cartoonish element. I did the same with 'Da Vinci's Demons,'… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
What is my intention being a filmmaker? To make as much money as possible, or get as much attention as possible? It's… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster… — Edward G. Robinson Copy Share Image
Even when I think of writing fiction, it's being kind of a liar, a storyteller, a weaver, and there's that sense of… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
What I like about fairy tales is that they highlight the emotions within a story. The situations aren't real, with falling stars… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
So here I am - a 75-year-old man sitting on a bar stool in a blues club, trying to figure out exactly… — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
It is clear that when you write a story that takes place in the past, you try to show what really happened… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think there is a big question in how much music a film needs - a lot of films are overloaded for… — Volker Bertelmann Copy Share Image
In the business world, I did fairly well, but wasn't happy. A bout of sciatica put me flat on my back. All… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
There is no luck in life, everything happens for a reason. Every little thing that you do... leads up to a bigger… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The truth is that the whole system of beliefs which comes in with the story of the fall of man ... is… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr Copy Share Image
I have had, like most women, a lifelong preoccupation with my weight. My first published short story was a love story between… — Lori Lansens Copy Share Image
Materialists try to live in the lower story NON-MATERIAL WORLD Subjective, Superstitious, Mental Constructs MATERIAL WORLD Objective, Scientific, Knowable Facts — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
No matter what I'm talking about, I can involve you into the story where you think it's you doing it. You're living… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
Americans like to believe we can overcome all obstacles and always triumph in the end, but that's not real life and a… — Bartlett Sher Copy Share Image
I want to make another film. I want to make a better film about the legendary Babaji, with more close-encounter stories of… — Nina Hagen Copy Share Image
Reading is dreaming. Reading is entering a world of imagination shared between reader and author. Reading is getting beyond the words to… — Paul Kropp Copy Share Image
“As a novelist it is my job to tell stories that inspire and entertain but I am increasingly mindful that many of… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Some people have got advice, some people have got horror stories. I like people that look you in the eye with a… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
For me, being on set is no different than being at a dinner table or riding the subway next to someone; inevitably… — Victoria Mahoney Copy Share Image