If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I wake up so full of life and feeling so alive and so full of joy when I get to go to… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily… — Joyce Thompson Copy Share Image
Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It's one of those stories that galvanizes us early… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
There's something really unique about 'Orphan Black' is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructive… compared with terrorism, everything else must be… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
It does not seem to me that I have the right to foist a story on people, most of whom are children… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women-whose stories, for… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
I really am just trying to tell stories. But stories are often grounded in larger events and themes. They don't have to… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Don't listen to people who tell you that very few people get published and you won't be one of them. Don't listen… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity. As we start to really get to know others,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
When I first encountered the poems of Jon Woodward, I was stunned into the state that is my life's joy-I was in… — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
I've had frustrated storytelling juices that have been lying dormant for a long time, and I guess the documentary was a way… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was an honor to work with Samantha Morton on this Casablanca-esque, silent-film-esque, Americana photobooth Woolworth's hay day period piece of surrealism/… — Alison Mosshart Copy Share Image
I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
Because we're watching so many movies and are consumed by so many stories, science fiction lets you do something a bit fresh… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' I never expected it to be published. It was kind of a hobby. Now,… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
As a kid, I liked making up stories, and I wrote a story about a kangaroo and a bat with Christy Chang,… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Don’t let people interfere with you. Boot ’em out, turn off the phone, hide away, get it done. If you carry a… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
I love shooting in New York because I love the city. Ultimately, I like doing it there and the city is important… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
In reality, that was going to be very messy from an antitrust standpoint and meet a lot of resistance from the top… — Harold L. Vogel Copy Share Image
If you knew everyone's story, you would love them. You can't really hate anyone if you know everything that happened to them… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I do not think that you can be changing the end of a song or a story like that, as though it… — Rosemary Sutcliff Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living … — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Toy Story 3 is so besotted with brand names and product-placement that it stops being about the innocent pleasures of imagination --… — Armond White Copy Share Image
When I see a news story on a site, about a movie that I'm interested in, it's like the mouse going for… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
It's always nice when someone says that they don't realize it's me on screen, but it would be strange to enter a… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
When you're embarking on a piece of writing, the anxiety is just too much, especially when you're young and you're trying to… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I enjoy the research element. There are so many stories from the past that interest me, that I want to learn more… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I'm not a World War II buff. I know a little bit about it, I was taught the other side of the… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
Don't leave you to go find your point of view and your story. You are all you have been given . .… — Bret Lott Copy Share Image
No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune.… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
Old people always tell you: 'When you've been around as long I have, then you can argue.' As soon as they're ripped… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
