Browsing the first editions at my local independent bookstore, I came across 'Pastoralia,' a collection of stories by George Saunders. I'd read… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
I would say what was always on her[Harper Lee] mind was the stories she had to tell, and the story was pretty… — Wayne Flynt Copy Share Image
I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
Anyone who can look me in the eye and say they prefer the story of Moses or Jesus or Mohammed to the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
'Aye Zindagi' is a show which is about stories inspired by real-life incidents. You might be able to relate to these stories,… — Rithvik Dhanjani Copy Share Image
India is a place where all stories are possible. You forget that the imagination can take hold of anything and contemplate it… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
he beauty of this world [of comics] is there are so many stories to tell, and there's so many wonderful characters. Wonderful… — Bruno Heller Copy Share Image
Writing a story I am just trying to find some little interesting thing to start out with: something small, even trivial. Preferably… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing… — Eric Jerome Dickey Copy Share Image
The particular, eternally persisting, elementary physical stuff of the world, according to the standard presentations of relativistic quantum field theories, consists (unsurprisingly)… — David Albert Copy Share Image
You're sad-looking," she said. "My grandson used to be such a happy boy. He used to write me stories. I remember the… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
I always thought that the movie had to be really raw, very edgy, that everything had to be super grounded and feel… — Dean Israelite Copy Share Image
The government is just you know, blowing the doors off the media. And not everywhere, and I think, this is where you… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
When I was collecting material for a political gossip column, and someone said something interesting, I would wait for them to add,… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
I have stood in a bar in Lambourn and been offered, in the space of five minutes, a poached salmon, a leg… — Jeffrey Bernard Copy Share Image
Stories heard but not recalled. Letters too. Words filling my head. Fragmenting like artillery shells. Shrapnel, like syllables, flying everywhere. Terrible syllables.… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I started to read short stories - by people like Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, John Updike... Eudora Welty -… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
Want to hear a sad story about the Dukakis campaign? The governor of Massachusetts, he lost his top naval advisor last week.… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
'Cosmos' wouldn't deserve its place in primetime evening network television were it not a landscape on which compelling stories were told. People,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
When your intention is great enough you will ALWAYS find the time and energy to accomplish your desires. You can state excuses… — James Arthur Ray Copy Share Image
The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
You know, we didn't want to kill anyone, but we knew that "Star Wars" is a generational tale. It always is. And… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
Although I'm up for working in any genre, I do love the passion and dynamic storytelling that horror stories can provide. Dealing… — Barbara Crampton Copy Share Image
I'll take a [Pavel] Chekhov comparison any day! He's of course one of the great masters at the short story form, and… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
If Tolstoy were alive today and working at Panopticon Insurance, he'd say that all insurance companies are the same, then throw himself… — Paul Neilan Copy Share Image
“I wish I’d paid better attention. I didn’t yet think of time as finite. I didn’t fully appreciate the stories she told… — Jessica Maria Tuccelli Copy Share Image
Stories about vicars are always being told because they're at the heart of our society. Vicars touch all parts of the community… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet,… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
All my writing-life people kept telling me that I should stop writing short stories and start writing novels: my agent, my Israeli… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
If time was a string connecting all of your stories, that party would be the point where everything knots up. And that… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
The "germ," wherever gathered, has ever been for me, "the germ of a story," and most of the stories strained to shape… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thing about your… — Michael Gerson Copy Share Image
Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand… — Brian P. Cleary Copy Share Image
Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in… — Herbert Bayard Swope Copy Share Image
It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form,… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Whether it's foreign money or hiding emails, these stories are creating a narrative about Hillary Clinton trying to be above everyone else… — Dana Perino Copy Share Image
When I wrote the book, I thought that I was the hero of my story. And in writing it, I came to… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I work really out of mythology, so often I work out of a story that has remained lodged inside somehow, or I… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
![“I would say what was always on her[Harper Lee] mind was the stories she had to tell, and the story was pretty obvious in "To Kill A Mockingbird," maybe a bit - little bit less obvious and more obscure in "Go Set A Watchman."” quote by Wayne Flynt](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/60a/wayne-flynt-65979_bits_i-would-say-what-was-always-on-her-harpe_1575781.jpg)
![“he beauty of this world [of comics] is there are so many stories to tell, and there's so many wonderful characters. Wonderful characters we haven't even begun to introduce - it's a world that is infinitely expandable.” quote by Bruno Heller](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f1b/bruno-heller-26308_beauty_he-beauty-of-this-world-of-comics-is-the_536536.jpg)
![“I'll take a [Pavel] Chekhov comparison any day! He's of course one of the great masters at the short story form, and has helped define traditional conflict as we understand it.” quote by Alexander Weinstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/312/alexander-weinstein-17341_chekhov_i-ll-take-a-pavel-chekhov-comparison-any_1623170.jpg)
