There's a rumor that there may be an attempt at organizing a possible script for a series on my life, which, when… — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
It would seem evident, therefore, that the secret of the American short story was the treatment of characteristic American life, with absolute… — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
I once started a detective story to make moneybut I couldn't get the murder to take place! At the end of three… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
You see I'm trying in all my stories to get the feeling of the actual life across, not just to depict life,… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer… — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
In that film Love Story, there's a line, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." That's the dumbest thing I ever… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and… — Miklos Laszlo Copy Share Image
The story [Henny-Penny] has the best opening in all literature-"The sky is falling," cried Henny-Penny, "and a piece of it fell on… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There were some parts of the film [Swiss Army Man] that the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] really wanted to look as elegant… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I look for the moment(s) in the story where the writer risked abandoning the glory of the self in favor of the… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I love short stories. They're like small imploding universes. They are very tightly bound and controlled. I'd been wanting to write one… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I'm not a historian, and I wouldn't want to be. I want to change the world. Attack the elite. Overturn the hierarchy.… — Terry Deary Copy Share Image
The stories I respect most aren't those with the rich, dense prose, but those which achieve a rich, deep effect with simple… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
I met all these important people and did all these stories, but I always had such excellent producers and assistants. I could… — Mike Wallace Copy Share Image
Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
The buildings that were in question, they said in the same report, which was - actually, it wasn't even a bad story,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's… — Camilla Lackberg Copy Share Image
The inciting incident is how you get (characters) to do something. It's the doorway through which they can't return, you know. The… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
People don't care how you feel. You need to paint pictures, you need to tell stories. That's what people want. They want… — Glenn Frey Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the people [who] are going to help you make your film are the people who believe in you and believe in… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
It's hard to tell what people will do with the word and how they'll be circulating it but I think the storytellers… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I talked to Woody Allen for half an hour or something. It was pretty incredible. He really went into lots of detail… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Horror is always the same. It changes with the culture and changes with technology. The stories are always the same. There are… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
I have decided to tell the story of my life as best I can, so that my children can separate the truth… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I can name a kind of story that wouldn't work in comics form. It's words and images, and we've… — James Vance Copy Share Image
The first author I remember being obsessed by, actually realizing 'I like the way he writes and I like the way he… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Ive got a ton of stories about Chuck Knox, ... Over the course of my playing career, there was nobody that I… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
I would definitely not rule out doing television in the future because I think it's a great medium for telling stories. And… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
The video game market is huge, and the ability to tell stories, and tell different kinds of stories in the gaming space… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
The most important thing of all is my parents were able to leave all four of their children better off than themselves.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Style is like voice, it grows organically from the truth of one's own life experience. Not in terms of chapters, per se,… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Not only had my brother disappeared, but--and bear with me here--a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about… — John Corey Whaley Copy Share Image
[The Christmas story] is as simple as was the Man himself and His teaching. SA simple as the Sermon on the Mount… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
My definition of fake news is a content-like object that is a story, an article, a video, a tweet that has been… — Vivian Schiller Copy Share Image
My favourite genre lies inside myself, and as I follow my favourite stories, characters and images, it sums up to a certain… — Bong Joon-ho Copy Share Image
I've heard a lot of crack stories. I heard a RZA crack story, up close and personal, over a platter of 100… — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
The power of the human spirit inspires me. Movies, books, stories, people, anything that reminds us that we are more than just… — Caity Lotz Copy Share Image
![“The story [Henny-Penny] has the best opening in all literature-"The sky is falling," cried Henny-Penny, "and a piece of it fell on my tail.” quote by John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/eaf/john-steinbeck-71_cried_the-story-henny-penny-has-the-best-openi_2974740.jpg)
![“There were some parts of the film [Swiss Army Man] that the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] really wanted to look as elegant as a piece of ballet. As Hank and Manny go on in the story, they get better and better at being with each other and more and more adept - Hank knows more and more what Manny's…” quote by Daniel Radcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/7e5/daniel-radcliffe-919_adept_there-were-some-parts-of-the-film-swiss_2408968.jpg)
![“Ultimately, the people [who] are going to help you make your film are the people who believe in you and believe in the story. And as long as you stick to your guns, hopefully what you come out with will be what you imagined.” quote by Dee Rees](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f3b/dee-rees-4528_believe_ultimately-the-people-who-are-going-to-h_1037436.png)
![“I talked to Woody Allen for half an hour or something. It was pretty incredible. He really went into lots of detail about the story [in Blue Jasmin] and what actually happened. Just talking to him is very surreal.” quote by Alden Ehrenreich](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/277/alden-ehrenreich-2752_blue_i-talked-to-woody-allen-for-half-an-hour_3212651.jpg)
![“Horror is always the same. It changes with the culture and changes with technology. The stories are always the same. There are just two basic stories in horror, two simple ones -- evil is outside and evil is in here [points to his heart].” quote by John Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/1cd/john-carpenter-11345_change_horror-is-always-the-same-it-changes-wit_167430.png)
![“[The Christmas story] is as simple as was the Man himself and His teaching. SA simple as the Sermon on the Mount which still remains as the ultimate basis ... of the belief of free men of good will everywhere.” quote by Hal Borland](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/508/hal-borland-9706_bases_the-christmas-story-is-as-simple-as-was_292036.png)
