The Romans did not see [the tale of Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf] as a charming story; they meant to show that… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
“I must have been chosen because I know it all from beginning to end. I am certainly not the story itself. I… — Alfredo Véa Copy Share Image
I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they're by contemporary, commercial American… — Lisa Scottoline Copy Share Image
Even if you're an observer of a story that you yourself made up, you're still very much connected to it. You love… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
If you tell your own story to your children - that includes your positive moments and your negative moments, and how you… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
When you listen to other women’s stories, you begin to understand your own better, and you begin to find ways back through… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
A dangerous thesis has taken hold among many in the GOP: that it might be better to lose the '06 election and… — Larry Sabato Copy Share Image
The story of the Fall always fascinates me as a play ground, but I cannot find any profound meaning in it, because… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
She was unaware that she was somewhat of a celebrity up in heaven. I had told people about her, what she did,… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I don't know if you've ever seen some of the Sidney Lumet movies, like Dog Day Afternoon [1975] or Network [1976]. They're… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
If you look at the life of Jesus, that's an example of true worship. You know look at the stories, if you… — Brian Johnson Copy Share Image
And I don't want you thinking that my girlfriend is a bad person. She is an amazing woman, the fact that I… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
If man had written the Gospels - say Shakespeare or Eugene O'Neill - the story of the gospel would have been drastically… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
A collection, for me, is a book of very diverse stories that somehow speak to each other, across wide geography, across time,… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have… — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
There's the story, then there's the real story, then there's the story of how the story came to be told. Then there's… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I actually love history. I've devoured book after book of stories from World War I and World War II. They're really two… — Celine Buckens Copy Share Image
Television is competitive now, and the great stories live on television right now. I'm finding that I'm enjoying television more than film,… — Jaimie Alexander Copy Share Image
I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Back in the day, Barry Crump not only had these stories that talked about that kind of rustic personality, but also, he… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
I met a bunch of comic-book writers at the Metropolis convention and there was such an interesting discussion about the story of… — Helen Slater Copy Share Image
I'm a Hollywood kid, and I know that there are only so many stories. Only so many tales around the campfire that… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
It's much more fun as an actor, as well. If everything is on the page and you're spoon-feeding an audience you feel… — Tom Hughes Copy Share Image
I want to stay close to the groove of people's individual human stories. I can't see that there's anything more interesting than… — Lucinda Coxon Copy Share Image
People have to identify with their own stories, with their own lives, so a movie belongs to a country and to a… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
In recent years we've seen an explosion of creative programming, and I think it represents a third golden age of television because… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Living is really pretty simple. Living happens right now; it doesn't happen back then, and it doesn't happen out there. Living is… — Werner Erhard Copy Share Image
It's different if you're a painter. You can hidethe ones that don't work. You can't do that with movies. They tellthe story… — Stanley Tucci Copy Share Image
The things that have always drawn me to the craft of writing is character, it's story, it's something that becomes like a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Story is the umbilical cord that connects us to the past, present, and future. Family. Story is a relationship between the teller… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
You'd never be able to convince someone to give you money to do a bilingual story where you're not translating half of… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I'm interested in other animals too though. There's the slug in "Mollusks", and I wrote a story about bees and one about… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
Antonio Bolivar Salvador has an incredible story because he's one of the last Ocaina people left. The Ocaina people are - and… — Ciro Guerra Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing about writing. You get so balled up in a story idea that you lose your perspective and forget… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
Since I was a kid, I could make up stories, I could make up funny jokes and I could always do it.… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths-just… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
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