The "I've tried everything" story ensures failure. You must create an empowering story that recognizes that everyone has failed a lot but… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Songs will always become a story in some way. I think it's my strongpoint as a writer musically. I don't shy away… — Mike Stud Copy Share Image
The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real… — Stephen Coonts Copy Share Image
The short story, its course plotted and its form proscribed, has become too efficient... but efficiency is not the most, it is… — Henry Seidel Canby Copy Share Image
The basis of almost every argument or conclusion I can make is the axiom that the short story can be anything the… — H. E. Bates Copy Share Image
I don't distinguish between magic and art. When I got into magic, I realised I had been doing it all along, ever… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
When I was quite young I came across a collection of [Franz] Kafka stories and read "The Judgment." I was just floored… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
I am a storyteller, and I grew up with a father who told big-fish stories, so storytelling is very much a part… — Susan Stroman Copy Share Image
First, there has been a lot of interest in The Drive-in, but, alas, it hasn't actually come to fruition. Maybe soon. Don… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
And of the Witch? In the life of a Witch, there is no "after", in the "ever after" of a Witch there… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
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I think it was because [Nikola] Tesla and [Leon] Theremin were part of what made up the movie, The Day the Earth… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
I just felt like, you know, I read a lot of scripts out in L.A., out here in the industry and I… — George Tillman, Jr Copy Share Image
John Lilly suggests whales are a culture maintained by oral traditions. Stories. The experience of an individual whale is valuable to the… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
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Everyone was so good at what they were doing, and what they were bringing onto the table, that I was confident. I… — Dylan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I've always had to do things my way; I play guitar my way; I've taken myself to the edges of life my… — Slash Copy Share Image
In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I felt that there was a beautiful story [ in "All We Had"] to be told and one that was valuable and… — Katie Holmes Copy Share Image
I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this [The Thorn and the Blossom] can be. The original plan… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
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Print-on-demand publishing is the new farm system for new voices in fiction. Authors who have compelling things to say, who can market… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
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I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
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It is only the story...that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of the cactus fence.The story is… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
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Looking back, I realize my favorite stories weren't in books, they were in comics. On top of being a history enthusiast, my… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
asically, we got to know other and openly trade stories, and had some time to prep. As far as the 'going too… — Luke Kirby Copy Share Image
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![“When I was quite young I came across a collection of [Franz] Kafka stories and read "The Judgment." I was just floored by that story. I couldn't understand it. I still don't. I'm talking about something I read more than 50 years ago. That story left a little scar on me.” quote by Stephen Greenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/550/stephen-greenblatt-10786_collections_when-i-was-quite-young-i-came-across-a-c_701892.jpg)
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![“Everyone was so good at what they were doing, and what they were bringing onto the table, that I was confident. I guess I was just trying to keep up, really, that was my hope at the end of the day; that I could do them justice and do the story [Maze Runner] justice and do Wes [Ball] justice.” quote by Dylan O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/184/dylan-o-brien-7142_balls_everyone-was-so-good-at-what-they-were-d_2537907.jpg)
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![“I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this [The Thorn and the Blossom] can be. The original plan called for two 7,500 word stories, and I turned in two 10,000 word stories.” quote by Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e37/theodora-goss-10051_book_i-actually-pushed-the-boundaries-on-how_1882203.png)
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