I can't imagine how American readers will react to a novel, but if the story is appealing it doesn't matter much if… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The best stories in our culture have some sort of subversiveness - Mark Twain, 'Catcher in the Rye.' You provide kids with… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
There are reports that leaders from ISIS and al-Qaida met at a farm house in Syria last week, and agreed to work… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
As a child, I was fascinated by the stories of Dickens acting out everything in front of the mirror as he wrote… — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image
The story of the Republican Party is of a far-right that has moved from the fringes of the party to a complete… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
I know this is a weird niche, but a lot of my female friends have these strange stories where there their dads… — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
There is, of course, always the personal satisfaction of writing down one's experiences so they may be saved, caught and pinned under… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
What I've found as I have kept writing stories is that more and more your way is barred. I feel really choked… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
Although my stories are all very different on the surface, I like to write stories about characters struggling with big problems. I'm… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
Frankly, as much as I love to improvise, it hasn't been difficult to stick to the script on 'Mad Men.' The writing… — Rich Sommer Copy Share Image
I'm very happy to be a part of a very successful piece of art, as the 'Saw' films have been. One gets… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
Honestly, when you're writing you try to stay on the story, on the character's mind, trying to throw stuff at them. There… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didnt have to do… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Safety is an illusion, Costis. A Thief might fall at any time, and eventually the day must come when the god will… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
As an artist, I am interested in telling stories that haven't been told before, stories that are going to affect people, and… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
I think that every show on television has its place. I think Married With Children or, I don't know, The Nanny... some… — Peter Krause Copy Share Image
All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The characters are telling you the story. I’m not telling you the story, they’re going to do it. If I do it… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
What Americans don't care much about is the piffle we put on TV these days, what they don't care about is boring,… — Christiane Amanpour Copy Share Image
Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services,… — Tabitha Soren Copy Share Image
I make up stories in my head all the time, but I've never written them down. But I write a lot of… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
It's always scary making a film as I never set anything up or ask anyone to do anything, so I worry that… — Kim Longinotto Copy Share Image
We really did it write it for the story but once you get into production, once you start doing this process certain… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image
I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make… — Ronny Cox Copy Share Image
I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from… — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
To be sure, the story of Hurricane Katrina does have a moral for anyone not deliberately blind. The races are different. Blacks… — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
His stories are good to hear at night, because we can dream about them asleep; and good in the morning, too, because… — Nathaniel Hawthorne 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'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
All through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
“Stories enabled you to forget your life and your limits. They urged you to reach for a world that was never meant… — Tiffany Truitt 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
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 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
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 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
