I think that everything in this life is a story you know; our own narrative, our own history, it's all a story. — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
What interests me in writing a novel is taking really remote voices, characters, and stories and beginning to create some kind of… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
For "The Intervention" I came up with a back-story and Clea [Duvall] was like, "No." And I was like, "I don't care." — Melanie Lynskey Copy Share Image
Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter. — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that are rooted in authenticity. — Alex Karpovsky Copy Share Image
At Marvel, I was lucky enough to work with really talented people, but I always had this nagging thought: 'One day I'll… — David Mazzucchelli Copy Share Image
But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
We used to go to movies to see stories about ourselves. It would transport us to new worlds and we'd see aspects… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
Screenwriting and the movie stuff could all disappear tomorrow, but to sit down with my laptop and still tell stories is my… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will… — Arsene Wenger Copy Share Image
Arnold Schwarzenegger is in some trouble. Today, the Los Angeles Times broke a story that quoted six women who claimed that Arnold… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I like to write stories where young people have a strong feeling about something being fair or unfair, right or wrong, cruel… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
Love can make you turn on yourself, and it can do harmful things to you. It's a deep lesson in human psychology,… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
You know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
When you collect marine animals there are certain flat worms so delicate that they are almost impossible to catch whole for they… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Lyndon Johnson is still the most formidable, fascinating, frustrating, irritating individual I think I've ever known in my entire life. He was… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
A great swindle of our time is the assumption that science has made religion obsolete. All science has damaged is the story… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“This got me thinking about endings and how the final moments of a story can color our entire perception of a narrative.… — Crystal Cestari Copy Share Image
I want people with epilepsy to know that there are ways in which they can play a role in their own recovery.… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
I wrote a comedy, which hopefully [Rick director] Curtiss Clayton will bring to the screen, that I thought was the antithesis of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
In American Romances, her new book of essays, Rebecca Brown has a voice that is full of pop references, family stories, and… — Susan Stinson Copy Share Image
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