I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
To get to this place of a warrior’s courage, we must give up the stories that have ruled our lives and shatter… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
The Iraqi Free Press, which did not exist 18 months ago because there was no such thing as the Iraqi Free Press,… — Chris Chocola Copy Share Image
I don't think they knew exactly where they were going with the character, but they lay those stories out ahead of time,… — David Selby Copy Share Image
People like stories that are bigger than life, about characters with unusual powers. And when you get all the characters in the… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
You see a guy with one leg, he's got a story. "Land mine '69." You see a guy with one arm, he's… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
I think that there is a real beauty to the live aspect of the theater, and the working with a director for… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
If you're a real hip-hop fan and a real street music fan, and you just love good music, you're gonna play it… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
There's always a villain in every book, in every movie. In every story you have the hero and what he wants, and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Far be it for me to have worked it out in any abstract way. I don't know why the bull and Mrs.… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Moreover, it is so important that people have the opportunity to share their stories and have them documented. There have been large-scale… — Patricia Leavy Copy Share Image
Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
...It's all sort of dreams and it's all illusion. It's theater; it's not real. We're making up stories, you know, and people… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
The choice, as Wells once said, is the Universe-or nothing. . . . The challenge of the great spaces between the worlds… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I really said, 'Okay, this is just the right job for me. This is really what I need to be doing: telling… — Christopher Lennertz Copy Share Image
Frankly, I'm mainly telling the story to myself. Thinking about audience is too daunting, and worst case, invites you to homogenize, to… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Kerry Cohen's powerful, transfixing story will be familiar to many women, most of whom won't want to admit it. In this heartfelt… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
I always wanted to tell stories. From the time I had 20 cents or a quarter in my pocket, I could peddle… — Patrick Lussier Copy Share Image
Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that… — Joe Montana Copy Share Image
Readers re-create any story to suit their own needs. They re-clothe the story in their own shirts. Put simply: just as we… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I don't belong to any school or clique or ghetto. I don't have any preconceived ideas. I'm trying to serve a story… — Xavier Dolan Copy Share Image
A ghost story of which the scene is laid in the twelfth or thirteenth century may succeed in being romantic or poetical:… — M. R. James Copy Share Image
Bullingdon would never go co-ed. I'm not going to give anything away, but there are a couple of girls involved in our… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
Whenever I go to Germany I find that my readers have T-shirts with my book covers printed on them. They come to… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
I sat down and wrote a short story in two weeks and submitted it to Marion Zimmer Bradley. And Marion bought "Wound… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories… — Naima Adedapo Copy Share Image
And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be… — Anna Friel Copy Share Image
I am always considering the reader. Although this is admittedly kind of odd: Which reader? On what day? In what mood? For… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
In the world of form, everything changes and evolves. So, there was a certain evolution of the teaching. Different pointers came in,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I love the feeling of being on the hunt - the feeling that the story is refusing to be solved in some… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
If I were to continue on with 'The Host,' which is a possibility, there are characters and stories that could continue... If… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily… — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
"Openness" [story] ultimately asks this same question - can a relationship survive complete honesty? As a romantic, I want to say "Yes,… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
When you're on stage, you build strong relationships with the actors, but it's a story you tell with the audience - you… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
The story of man is the history, first, of the acceptance and imposition of restraints necessary to permit communal life; and second,… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a horror story. But in some ways, I have always thought of myself as a kind of ghost-story/horror… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
![“There's always a villain in every book, in every movie. In every story you have the hero and what he wants, and that is the MacGuffin. The whole thing is about who's gonna get the MacGuffin. This piece that this Ace of Spades blog wrote is that's how the media covers [Barack] Obama, and I have…” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e43/rush-limbaugh-28_aces_there-s-always-a-villain-in-every-book-i_181419.jpg)
![“...It's all sort of dreams and it's all illusion. It's theater; it's not real. We're making up stories, you know, and people tend to run into you and believe you are your characters. And I suppose the funny thing is the longer you go, you do become sort of some version of [your characters]. You…” quote by Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d2d/bruce-springsteen-546_believe_it-s-all-sort-of-dreams-and-it-s-all-ill_2765822.jpg)
![“Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel narrative was the story of There and Back.” quote by Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/51d/paul-theroux-913_memorable_going-slowly-was-the-best-way-of-being-r_2149198.jpg)
![“"Openness" [story] ultimately asks this same question - can a relationship survive complete honesty? As a romantic, I want to say "Yes, of course!" But, over time, I've come to agree with Dan Savage.” quote by Alexander Weinstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e7d/alexander-weinstein-17341_agree_openness-story-ultimately-asks-this-same_1010233.jpg)
