The events of life have never fallen into the form of the short story or the form of the poem, or into… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. I love all of it, thinking… — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
I'm trying to break myself of that habit [of not writing out a first draft ] because I'm working on a couple… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I am really inspired by strong, badass, female characters. I would start with a revenge film, then ease into stories of badass… — Alicia Sixtos Copy Share Image
I'm an audience member first. My inspiration is still based on hunger. Often, when people try to tell me "nobody wants that… — Victoria Mahoney Copy Share Image
The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What's happened with computer technology is perfectly timed for someone with my set of skills. I tell stories with pictures. What I… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English… — Dick Schaap Copy Share Image
I have not much faith in women in fiction… Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
We didn't create the culture of film. We certainly market it better than anyone in the world, but film could have happened… — David Simon Copy Share Image
We were required to predict a soldier's performance in officer training and in combat, but we did so by evaluating his behavior… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
It's really the story of a young woman, or two women, growing up in Naples in a poor neighborhood. The way that… — Ann Goldstein Copy Share Image
Wendy Doniger has spent decades collecting not only myths from ancient texts but stories of all kinds from novels, movies, newspapers about… — Roberto Calasso Copy Share Image
I don't even know of a room that doesn't have a flat-screen TV in it. These are things that just come in… — James Pearse Connelly Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in leaving it open-ended. That would just cause me frustration. I wouldn't be satisfied. What's really cool about Fringe,… — J.H. Wyman Copy Share Image
It's a privilege to have the career I have, to love every day and be following my passion, the stories that interest… — Pietra Brettkelly Copy Share Image
I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
My father's death when I was eighteen and his struggles as a Jewish immigrant provided me with the raw material, but for… — Philip Schultz Copy Share Image
Julie Orringer is the real thing, a breathtaking chronicler of the secrets and cruelties underneath the surface of middle-class American life. These… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Michael Ondaatje’s work taught me how to be at home in fragments, and how to think about a big story in carefully… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive… — David Brin Copy Share Image
We should draw on our story, we should draw on our history. If we don't know who we are, if we don't… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Don’t see the notes. See the music. See the story it is telling you. Allow the music to change you. Allow it… — Karen White Copy Share Image
I look for those moments that are 'gee whiz' moments. There's some 'gee whiz' stories in our show, and they can't be… — Shepard Smith Copy Share Image
My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
I don't know what the definition of a short story is, and I don't even care to answer that question. That's something… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“Stories are psycho-diagnostic ― they diagnose the condition of our psyches. When we watch, read or hear a story, whatever detail jumps… — Thea Euryphaessa Copy Share Image
Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
All stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you. Especially… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
[The story of Adam and Eve] it's poetry. One must interpret it as poetry. The first 11 chapters of Genesis [the Primeval… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
Tell me a story. In this century, and moment, of mania, Tell me a story. Make it a story of great distances,… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
And I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
But the truth is that no person ever understands another, from beginning to end of life, there is no truth that can… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The stories of wine lords who trade wine on intimidation or food critics who trade free meals for reviews those are the… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
“Stories are full of people who find that, in extreme situations, they’re capable of so much more than they imagined they were.… — Amethyst Marie Copy Share Image
On one tour, I was collecting stories about pet monkeys. You'd be surprised how many people have stories about monkeys. The problem… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
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