The difference between writing a story and simply relating past events is that a story, in order to be acceptable, must have… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
My favourite novel is Frederick Forsythe's Day Of The Jackal, the story about the unproven case of this apparent Englishman who was… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
It's so pretentious, but I believe that with comedy, if you have a good story, 90% of it is casting. Once you… — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It's conducted more on the screen and less in bars,… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at… — Linn Ullmann Copy Share Image
“I make books because I love them as objects; because I want to put the pictures and the words together, because I… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting knowledge.. I… — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
The novels have done so well because the drawings are abstract, black-and-white. This adds to the universality of the story. "Persepolis" also… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Directors who have inspired me include Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, lngmar Bergman, John Ford, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Writing has nothing to do with publishing. Nothing. People get totally confused about that. You write because you have to - you… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
It's like creating an artificial loop saying, 'You didn't play the game the way I wanted you to play, so now you're… — David Cage Copy Share Image
If it turns out that we're doing proper science from time to time, it just happens to be that that's the most… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
My mother talked about the stories I used to spin as a child of three, before I started school. I would tell… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
A hero is also someone who, in their day to day interactions with the world, despite all the pain, uncertainty and doubt… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
You grow a whole lot more as a writer by getting old stories out of the house and letting new ones come… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I always love stories that do a big time leap where the past informs the present, where you find out what became… — Ruth Jones Copy Share Image
If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I wake up so full of life and feeling so alive and so full of joy when I get to go to… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
“Stories can make us remember—or forget—who we are. They have the power to topple governments or build empires. They are the life… — Laura Burroughs Copy Share Image
I would like a food/lifestyle show. We're not sure what that is yet. I want to be able to share what I… — Cat Cora Copy Share Image
There were so many stories about Bing's daughter living in sin. We weren't hurting anyone. We were living in love. I couldn't… — Mary Crosby Copy Share Image
When the dialogue is on point and I feel like the overall story and message is really serving something that's socially progressive,… — Kofi Siriboe Copy Share Image
The story of terrorism is written by the state and it is therefore highly instructive… compared with terrorism, everything else must be… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It's one of those stories that galvanizes us early… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily… — Joyce Thompson Copy Share Image
There's something really unique about 'Orphan Black' is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women-whose stories, for… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' I never expected it to be published. It was kind of a hobby. Now,… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Because we're watching so many movies and are consumed by so many stories, science fiction lets you do something a bit fresh… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
It does not seem to me that I have the right to foist a story on people, most of whom are children… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
I love shooting in New York because I love the city. Ultimately, I like doing it there and the city is important… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
As a kid, I liked making up stories, and I wrote a story about a kangaroo and a bat with Christy Chang,… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Don’t let people interfere with you. Boot ’em out, turn off the phone, hide away, get it done. If you carry a… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
In reality, that was going to be very messy from an antitrust standpoint and meet a lot of resistance from the top… — Harold L. Vogel Copy Share Image
I do not think that you can be changing the end of a song or a story like that, as though it… — Rosemary Sutcliff Copy Share Image
