Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more… — Mac Barnett Copy Share Image
[Aristotle] was the most eminent of all the pupils of Plato… He seceded from Plato while he was still alive; so that… — Plato Copy Share Image
A new study found that women think men holding a guitar are more attractive, even if they are not playing it. In… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
In terms of 'Saving Face,' I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn't let their attacks stop them from pursuing… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience from the sublime to the brutal, and… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
In my work, and in my psyche, there's some very sentimental, traditional, conventional side that's always in argument with a more radical,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
In fact, technology has been the story of human progress from as long back as we know. In 100 years people will… — Reed Hastings Copy Share Image
It was shocking to see a leg! You've never seen a leg in these stories. We made it a little saloon girl.… — Jerusha Hess Copy Share Image
“When we died, the only things we’d leave behind of importance were our deeds. Our corpses would rot and our treasured belongings… — Shaun David Hutchinson Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered by seas; that is unquestionably too much; the world's surface, the map of oceans… — Karel Capek Copy Share Image
I’m just a storyteller, and the cinema happens to be my medium. I like it because it recreates life in movement, enlarges… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
My parents sent me to a school across town, an integrated school, where I had the chance to meet and grow up… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
My friends are much more dangerous than my enemies. These latter - with infinite subtlety - spin webs to keep me out… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
“Henry flopped onto his bed, and his steam leaked slowly out. He began telling himself a story in his head. It was… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
Terry was beside himself. Not literally. This story would be that much more painful if there were two Terrys, able to stand… — Obert Skye Copy Share Image
In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
I had a calling, this is what happened, I've explained the story many times. I've had my priest on, I've had atheists… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
“Gap... A gesture, incomplete! Something unfinished, Left. A trust of heart, Faith! Hope... A few Stories yet to be completed! Perhaps. A… — Tahreem Rahat Copy Share Image
My dear husband, Richard, has been the driving force behind my success and rise to whatever level I am now. My story… — Joyce Banda Copy Share Image
Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had… — John M. Ford Copy Share Image
I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
There's a reason Tony Stark makes fun of 'Thor,' and mentions 'Shakespeare' in the park in 'The Avengers.' It's great to play… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The way I prepare is through script analysts and back story. I create back story for a character based on script analysts,… — Katie Cassidy Copy Share Image
I don't have Facebook or Twitter accounts yet. Being a compulsive storyteller, I always make up for myself discouraging stories about how… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Composition is interesting because, in a sense, you always have to let it go. Unless you're a true composer/performer, you're always sending… — Nico Muhly Copy Share Image
Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non compliance in the face of… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
In a story, you have to have a theme and an angle, you have to have a beginning, middle and an end.… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
The story of dance in the Western world is as much an alternative vision of the events of history as is the… — Jamake Highwater Copy Share Image
I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
I had a great time working with Denis [Villeneuve] and the whole group. It was a very different kind of a part… — Michael Stuhlbarg Copy Share Image
I got brilliant stories from people who'd never set foot in an MFA program and had published very little, and terrible stories… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
We need the whole song, all the verses and the choruses to serve us as our own story unfolds because- trust me-… — Gloria Gaither Copy Share Image
I carry a strong anti-drug message, and it's important young people especially hear a "real" story about addiction and how it affects… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
It’s just that you go so crazy being alone like that. Sometimes he’d forget my water or food and I’d cry and… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
If a person survives an ordinary span of sixty years or more, there is every chance that his or her life as… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I love the way a story's ending can force you to read backwards. It's as if you are slowly adjusting a kaleidoscope… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
They'll probably start working on my movie sometime... They are doing a complete movie of my life story. It will not be… — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
When you're in sync with the director, on the type of movie you want to make, the arc of the characters, how… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
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