Our story is never written in isolation. We do not act in a one-man play. We can do nothing that does not… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
A tiny group of believers who have the gospel keep mumbling it over and over to themselves. Meanwhile, millions who have never… — K.P. Yohannan Copy Share Image
I want to tell stories that are true and that resonate and move people, that highlight both the tremendous beauty and ugliness… — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
In terms of 'American Horror Story' and 'Nashville,' what attracted me to those, and 'Friday Night Lights,' for that matter, is that… — Connie Britton Copy Share Image
As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his… — James Payn Copy Share Image
I speak and speak,” Marco says, “but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. The description of the world to… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in stories. Stories are interesting but I don't think my head works that way. I remember at age 10… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
The thing that helps me do a good job is that I don't feel the need to explain everything about the world… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Much of what I have done is left unfinished- not because I left it too soon, not because I was lazy, but… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I've got these five-pound weights and a treadmill in the living room. I work out the other parts that have affected my… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, I'll always see you. You'll always be with me. And there's no happy ending coming here, no way a… — Elizabeth Scott Copy Share Image
When I start, I have a feeling for the characters, and maybe the shape of the story. Sometimes I might even have… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons Stephen King's stories work so well is that he places his stories in spooky old New… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
Everyone is here on earth as an artist; to tell his particular story or sing her irreplaceable song; to leave a unique… — Leonard Wolf Copy Share Image
There are filmmakers like me in different parts of the world that have a story they want to tell, and it's a… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
For a fiction writer, a storyteller, the world is full of stories, and when a story is there, it's there, and you… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Ever since I was twelve, I dreamed of being an author. I just never had the fortitude to see any of my… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
Writers are there to write, not experience things. If you want to experience things, become a pirate or a Bookhunter. If you… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
Here's my answer to the very real existential crisis that grips me midway through everything I've ever tried to do: I think… — John Green Copy Share Image
My elaboration of the story always conforms to the reality at its source. It is always close to the world, the life,… — Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski Copy Share Image
Very seldom in my fiction have I directly used the stories people have told me. I think ripping off people's lives in… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Entertainment is one of America's greatest exports. And the stories that we tell about people inform the world about how to think… — Kelly McCreary Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to have a successful series that can continue to capture and captivate an audience and keep people interested. Because… — Jaime Pressly Copy Share Image
I want to remind people of the great and profound joy that can be found in stories, and that stories can connect… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
When the whole world is writing letters, it's easy to lap into the quiet within, tell the story of an hour, keep… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Without death,' he answered, 'life is meaningless. It is a story that can never be told. A song that can never be… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has… — Carlos Ghosn Copy Share Image
But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by way of heartbreak, sometimes it's… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Epidemiologists study patterns in order to combat infection. Stories about epidemics follow patterns, too. Stories aren't often deadly, but they can be… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
I grew up on a suburban street with lace curtains and dull neighbours, so I made up stories to tell my friend,… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
If the story's there for it, if there's a reason for it, then I'm all for it. But if you throw in… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
The truth about our own modest contribution might immobilize us: much easier then, to tell ourselves a story about how much we… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Inspired by words you have to create images to tell the story, while it's much more difficult to find your own images… — Peter Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
The story goes on in the sense that at a most basic level, the United States ignored, that is violated, the United… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
All though I didn't meet him. His legend and his saga and his story is just that. Jackie Robinson, we all have… — Dave Winfield Copy Share Image
