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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
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
I am not an actor. Yes, every so often I appear on talk shows to promote something I've written, and I enjoy… — Alan Zweibel 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
I did one of the 'Amazing Stories.' That was the first time I got to play a character who was a dumb… — Cindy Morgan Copy Share Image
The Christian faith grew through story - not text. Only later did the stories become Scripture. While the Scripture must be held… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
I love stories of female empowerment. I love stories of, "Hey, I'm an ordinary person." "No, you're not!" I love stories about… — Joseph McGinty Nichol Copy Share Image
Writing helped to have jobs that involved running around, pushing things like dish carts and wheelbarrows. It would be hard to sit… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Which is mightily ironic since one of the most common criticisms of American women novelists (it's a load of crap but it… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. And I really… — Gabrielle Aplin 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
The problem is there are so many stories out there where I can pull that superhero out, put any other superhero in,… — Geoff Johns 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
The agentive mind is not only active in nature, but it seeks out dialogue and discourse with other active minds. And it… — Jerome Bruner Copy Share Image
I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm… — Danny McBride Copy Share Image
As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a… — Jonah Hill 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
When you're a story teller, you work out everything. You work out who these people are, what's going to be happening. The… — Kate Tempest Copy Share Image
You can feel good about failure. Failure means you did something. You finished the story even if it wasn't what you'd hoped.… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
A knife can be a symbol, but it also better be able to cut string. And if it represent cutting free, cutting… — Ansen Dibell Copy Share Image
That song is a story that shows how easily you could get slipped into being labeled as the bad guy, even though… — Slick Rick Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for me to do, and the best thing I've done and learned as an actor is to sacrifice being… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I wake up in the morning and I still have a passion for what I do, and I'll be doing it when… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If… — Tabitha Soren Copy Share Image
I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
Plays are wonderfully different than short stories, first because it's a story that's on a stage, but there's a different sort of… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
It is incredibly daunting to take on a live-action story. I think that it adds a level of complexity to the responsibility… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
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