Speaking generally, I think it's useful to acknowledge explicitly the power imbalance between a journalist and the protagonists in a story about… — William Finnegan Copy Share Image
It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
Bill Pearson is definitely a man to talk to, especially in the afternoon when he's had a couple of drinks because he's… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
While primarily a photographer, I do not see or think photographically; hence the story of Indian life will not be told in… — Edward S. Curtis Copy Share Image
I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We want to see drama told in a cathartic way, with power, with emotion where you empathize and then you're frightened. All… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
Asked random questions about the First Amendment and how they would like to have it applied, if you believe in polls at… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
The starting point and the ending point are nothing but two arbitrary choices. You make them as in soccer games, where they… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things I might be good at, such as competitive figure skating, window washing from ten stories up,… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
I'm definitely excited by big ideas, both in what I write and what I read. Most days, reality is so mind-numbingly dull… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
The Louvre! The Louvre has me in its clutches. Every time I'm there rich blessings rain down upon me. I am coming… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
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The story depicts also the troubled part of the hero's life which precedes and leads up to his death; and an instantaneous… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
So you want another story?" Uhh... no. We would like to know what really happened." Doesn't the telling of something always become… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
If the Indian people want stories written about themselves, how they want them told, they are going to have to make them,… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
I'm not "filled with my art". I ain't got no art. I've got only a kind of craftsman's skill, and make stories… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
You start as an audience member and create a world you're interested in, and then you move into the telling of those… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
A story begins and it always passes from the subjunctive to the declarative. And Italians don't seem to care about making a… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question,… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I don't think my book is any more shocking than if I went out right now and brought back your local newspaper… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Any film I've made, I've only really begun to understand in the cutting room. That's when the story shows itself to you,… — Roger Michell Copy Share Image
It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
New dramatic writing has banished conversational dialogue from the stage as a relic of dramaturgy based on conflict and exchange: any story,… — Patrice Pavis Copy Share Image
I think there's something really thrilling to having to get people laughing about something, and then, when you have them in that… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species. And it’s no wonder. We’re storytellers, and what could be more grand… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I don't blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don't know… — Billy the Kid Copy Share Image
I get very emotional about time periods I never lived in, but I have a weird connection to them. The mystery of… — Elle Fanning Copy Share Image
I was very concerned about who was going to take my story and realize it, so I was very particular and spent… — Frida Farrell Copy Share Image
Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than… — Isobelle Carmody Copy Share Image
I believe young female directors in particular should always remind themselves of the truths of their own stories and not let outsiders… — Shahad Ameen Copy Share Image
I had the luxury of working on the script with Andrew [Dominik] for a good year before the film started, so I… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror… — David Naughton Copy Share Image
I would thank God, but I don't believe in it... It's like a movie that was way too popular. It's a story… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
When you combine a media - bent on exploiting tabloid-type stories to boost ratings and circulation by innuendo and titillation - with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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