Sometimes making a story is as easy as putting two characters in a room and seeing what happens. So, imagine a great… — Jim Toomey Copy Share Image
Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
I live around dudes all the time so I've heard millions of stories about how they go through a breakup and then… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
I can't remember who said it - I think it was Allan Gurganus when he was visiting the Michener Center - but… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
I always wanted to work at Take A Break magazine, you know, just to inject a little bit of politics into their… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying… — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image
I’ve often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently. — Howard Barker Copy Share Image
It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
All of us somehow felt that the next battleground was going to be culture. We all felt somehow that our culture had… — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths. You make up others.… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
The story [for the western genre] is everything. Whether it's a book or a screenplay, the story drives everything. And if you… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
As long as there are still interesting stories and still interesting people that we want to meet, I can keep it going.… — Jenji Kohan Copy Share Image
The Heidelberg Catechism rightly says, for all Christians who allow the Bible to absorb the world for them - who see reality… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
I never think in terms of alienation; it's the others who do. Alienation means one thing to Hegel, another to Marx and… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
From a writer's standpoint, each character and story presents its own unique challenges and delights. I'm deeply curious about all of my… — Tina St. John Copy Share Image
For right now, I'd like to tell stories that I want to tell. I haven't wanted to use someone else's material yet,… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
The credit card business is a success story and that's where Citigroup has put most of its efforts so far. Now Citigroup… — Zhang Xi Copy Share Image
If you haven't got an idea, start a story anyway. You can always throw it away, and maybe by the time you… — William Campbell Gault Copy Share Image
Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
Think of every character as a main character. They believe they're the main characters in their stories. No one should just be… — Ben Edlund Copy Share Image
My love for you has no depth, its boundaries are ever-expanding. My love and my life with you will be a never-ending… — M. Christina White Copy Share Image
Women don't have to be defined by others. We have the power to define ourselves: by telling our own stories, in our… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student… — Sandra Fluke Copy Share Image
When you move the camera, or you do a shot like the crane down (in Shawshank) with them standing on the edge… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
All of us ambitious young writers hoped to have a cover story in Esquire, of course. The idea was to write the… — Laurence Shames Copy Share Image
I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
My mother is a special story. She went through so much to bring us up, four men at home, especially when our… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
Stories are at the very heart of being human; they talk about where we're from, where we are, and where we're going.… — Bill Harley Copy Share Image
I simply wanted a kiss. I was a freshman girl who had never been kissed. Never. But I liked the boy, he… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version.… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
It's absurd to think of 'Pride and Prejudice,' this classic, beloved book, beset with a zombie uprising. The goal is to make… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court… — Ben Mezrich Copy Share Image
Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
But here's my point to the LA Times. If you had a serious story to run, if you thought there was serious… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
Everyone's taste is different. But I think the best way to defend against regrets after opening night is to try your best… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
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