That's the trouble with stories. People start out fantastic. You think they're extraordinary, but it turns out as the work goes along,… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
I don't want to be an editor! I don't want to direct; I'd be a horrible director. I don't want to write… — Topher Grace Copy Share Image
When you are in your teenage years you are consciously experiencing everything for the first time, so adolescent stories are all beginnings.… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
“Just stories? Stories can build up an empire, or strike down a people. You can spell the most powerful spell, ease a… — Tobias S. Buckell Copy Share Image
When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid, you don't necessarily even have the experiences to… — F. Gary Gray Copy Share Image
Independent of politics, the changing narrative on immigration is directly correlated to the fact that we have new technologies that are allowing… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
I have not lost any of my crazy, fearless, raw, soulful, eclectic side and I plan on continuing to tell universal stories… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I have often walked down this street before but the pavement never held my star before... all at once I'm three stories… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
Turtles have always been my sigil, I suppose. When I was a kid, growing up in Bayonne, NJ, I lived in a… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place… — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
Sierra felt full of hope and confidence in God. She knew who she was. And she knew Whose she was. Whatever mysterious… — Robin Jones Gunn Copy Share Image
“Sure, zombies can “be a metaphor.” They can represent the oppressed, as in Land of the Dead, or humanity’s feral nature, as… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
It is a skill we learn early, the art of inventing stories to explain away the fearful scared strangeness of the world.… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
It's an essay that Sigmund Freud wrote about E.T.A. Hoffman's short story called "The Sandman" where someone mistakes an inanimate object for… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
The fact that 'A Dirty Job' has comedy and supernatural horror in it, that both are woven in and out of it… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens-second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
I just share my story in hopes that some people out there who have gone through different circumstances might be encouraged and… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
My name is Daniel, and this is the first volume of my life story, which, hopefully, will be a very long and… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Quite, quite,' she thought with a little sigh. 'It's always like this in their adventures. To save and be saved. I wish… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
Written by the ancient Chinese philosopher of the same name, the 'Zhuangzi' is one long perplexing puzzle of a rambling collection of… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
All stories must end so, with the next tale winking out of the corners of the last pages, promising more, promising moonlight… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I never start with the story first, which is maybe obvious, because the narrative line of my films is really not that… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
I never get used to the red carpets and premieres, to be honest, but when you're walking down the red carpet promoting… — Deborah Mailman Copy Share Image
Like a child, the earth's going to sleep, or so the story goes. But I'm not tired, it says. And the mother… — Louise Glück Copy Share Image
Being in the public eye, I have certainly gone through the tabloid situation where they come out with stories that are not… — Cheryl Tiegs Copy Share Image
Confessions of a Video Vixen' is not a book about my encounters with celebrities, or anyone else for that matter. It is… — Karrine Steffans Copy Share Image
Stories. They're everywhere...You never know where they start and you certainly don't know where they'll end. If they ever DO end. (Nevermore) — Linda Newberry Copy Share Image
The woman who led [downed airmen] was named Andrée De Jongh and her story - one of heroism and peril and astounding… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
One of the main reasons is that most Sunday school curricula only teaches disconnected Bible stories. They don't teach how we know… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
Aside from the Rizzoli & Isles books, there are many other stories I want to write. The question is whether I'll live… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
One of the problems, hanging out with me, is that I can turn any topic into a toxic horror story. I've lost… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
When a marriage fails, the story of the relationship changes. The best parts, the parts that made you think getting married was… — Tori Spelling Copy Share Image
Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big… — Griffin Dunne Copy Share Image
Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and that's a very sad thing. It's… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
Usually when you start the characters, the first thing is the script. Your design work is about telling the story. It's later… — Alexandra Byrne Copy Share Image
Ingeniously plotted and executed, Print the Legend is an epic masterpiece from Craig McDonald. Beginning to end, I was riveted by this… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I get letters from people about my work. The thing that pleases me most is that my work touches their feelings. In… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
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