The vulture Nekhbet, who'd one possessed my gran (long story); the crocodile Sobek, who'd tried to kill my cat (longer story); and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Being exposed to the Ryan Murphy machine, it is very much a personal extension of him. So, if I can learn from… — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Copy Share Image
A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either… — Joan Blades Copy Share Image
Saying my story makes me want to change it, make it sound pretty the way I do with the stories I tell… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
I believe that culture begins in the cradle . . .To do without tales and stories and books is to lose humanity's… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
When you look at the New York Times, when you look at The Washington Post, when you look at CNN. I mean… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The press was all over to get a picture of me. It got to the point where they were all over my… — Fawn Hall Copy Share Image
I still think that of all the people doing top fiction today, John D. MacDonald is the best.He was my model as… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Yes, I get dry spells. Sometimes I can't turn out a thing for three months. When one of those spells comes on… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
I was very small, about 3 or 4 I think, and just wanted to be the people on telly telling these wonderful… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
One of the things that did intrigue me about when I read the pilot - because I had not read the books… — Sasha Alexander Copy Share Image
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
These short stories establish Sontag's originality . . . her unique vision, her success with experiments in the form . . .… — Doris Grumbach Copy Share Image
[British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
I knew that I was writing for an American audience and that if I sold foreign rights, they would retranslate the book… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
Some will remember an image of a fire or story or rescue. Some will carry memories of a face and a voice… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written,… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
I used mythology to tell the story [in Living with Love], with the story of the minotaur and the matador and fighting… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
We have to have a version of our own story that we keep telling ourselves that allows us to get up in… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
We just don't want to repeat anything that we've done in the movies [X-man] or that we're going to do in the… — Lauren Shuler Donner Copy Share Image
It is never quite safe to think we have done with life. When we imagine we have finished our story fate has… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
In each of our lives, there are certain moments that have the potential to change everything, depending on how we react. Those… — Dileesh Pothan Copy Share Image
World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil.… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
Anecdotes don't make good stories. Generally I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
There were about ten years of trying, failing, trying again, suffering rejection, etc. My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen." — Aimee Bender (Willful… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When anybody starts out with a memoir, you get the impulse to tell your own story with your own voice, and you… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I Never Liked You. I think that's my best book. I think it works the best as a story, and I like… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my favorite movie was 'Somewhere in Time' with Christopher Reeve, which is a hugely romantic, sappy movie.… — Scott Michael Foster Copy Share Image
At the very core of what a comic is, time and space are kind of the same thing. When your reader moves… — Gene Luen Yang Copy Share Image
There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are not afraid of predators, we're transfixed by them, prone to weave stories and fables and chatter endlessly about them, because… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
My grandmother was very important to me. She gave me my religious education. She gave me a sense of the female side… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
For me, a great story is one in which the protagonist faces unimaginable odds; where the stakes are high that failure constitutes… — Michael Boatman Copy Share Image
In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Comic books, if you're adapting a comic book - like X-Men, for example - you've got 40 years of amazing stories to… — David Hayter Copy Share Image
The fundamental difference between the mystery story and the ghost story is the fact that a mystery demands a solution for its… — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
While my stories are experimental, they're also very traditional. I love the works of the great Russian writers like [Pavel] Chekhov and… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
![“When you look at the New York Times, when you look at The Washington Post, when you look at CNN. I mean CNN is all Trump all the time. It's called the [Hillary] Clinton News Network. Every story is Trump. All day long no matter what it is.” quote by Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/ad3/donald-trump-18_clinton_when-you-look-at-the-new-york-times-when_529516.jpg)
![“[British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly cruel twist. A good example is the episode with Burgess Meredith and there's a nuclear war and he drops his glasses. To this day, you can show that to anyone…” quote by Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/79a/charlie-brooker-1392_british_british-television-series-hammer-house-o_709642.jpg)
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