My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
My art feels like it's real disobedient. I can fill notebooks with observations and maybe they find their way into the work… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Here's the thing. I hate kids. Always have. I mean, I know the job of the race, biologically speaking, is to achieve… — Isobelle Carmody Copy Share Image
Over the course of the millennia, all these ancestors in your tree, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
It's funny - for a long time, I didn't know I was writing a book. I was writing stories. For me, each… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
You're looking, moment by moment and scene by scene, how you can tell the most interesting story. So, we had this great… — John August Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump wanted the nomination, and all these other Republicans and their supporters didn't want Trump to have the nomination. So who… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I had the great idea of using markers to gently color the ants so I could tell them apart, but I learned… — Jim Benton Copy Share Image
Have you noticed how the Republicans and Democrats try to copy each other at their conventions. Like at the Democratic convention John… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
In her final months Princess Diana was being shat upon by the tabloids -- basically for sleeping with an Arab. When she… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“It made a romantic tale. The young rouge, cheating death, returning to his grieving lover. But in reality? Ashyn had always known… — Kelly Armstrong Copy Share Image
He tunneled into stories where weak men changed into strong half-animals or used eye beams or magic hammers to power through steel… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
On the professional side, I've helped move cinema from a chemical-based medium to a digital-based medium. That'll be one of the landmarks.… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
What I bring to the interview is respect. The person recognizes that you respect them because you're listening. Because you're listening, they… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
One of the most important responsibilities of leaders in any setting - including business organisations - is to tell us our own… — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
This is really hard to do but I'd like to change the tone now and briefly mention today's terrible tragedy in France.… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Story is morally neutral. It can express profound truth or propaganda. The two greatest political storytellers of the 20th Century were Winston… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
I can tell you one other story about Rent Control. The lead actress in the film, her name was Elizabeth Stack, and… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is living history. Most… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I… — Derek Luke Copy Share Image
I do a lot of work in travel and tourism, and I think this story is in the book. This woman is… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that there was a story behind the scar -- maybe not as dramatic as the story of my… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I think people are a mixture of everything. I like desperate characters because they do things that most of us normally wouldn't… — Richard Shepard Copy Share Image
I'm a sucker for gag reels and teaser trailers for new seasons. One of the great parts of panels, especially on a… — Jared Padalecki Copy Share Image
"With my desire and drive, I definitely wasn't normal. Normal people can be happy with a regular life. I was different. I… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
the life of Jesus recapitulates key elements in the earlier story of Israel. For a moment, as Jesus stands on the mountain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was not a comic book reader, but my son is. My son wasn't really interested in reading books, which was hard… — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost… — Malik Bendjelloul Copy Share Image
The future of nations cannot be frozen . . . cannot be foreseen. If we are going to accomplish anything in our… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
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You learn to do your best writing on story rather than off story. Very often at the beginning of their careers, writers… — Victor Levin Copy Share Image
There is commerciality in storytelling, even in a film or a piece of literature. These things exist. That's why stories came to… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
When we feel pressured to have achieved certain things by a particular age, it could ultimately hinder us. It's great to have… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
This is going to sound strange, but I really feel I know Roland very well. In Wizard and Glass, I got to… — Robin Furth Copy Share Image
Moments before sleep are when she feels most alive, leaping across fragments of the day, bringing each moment into the bed with… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Each story, good and bad, short or long-from that trip to the mall when you saw Santa, to a long, bad illness-they… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
![“[Donald] Trump wanted the nomination, and all these other Republicans and their supporters didn't want Trump to have the nomination. So who became the villains? What Trump wanted became the story. "Will he get it? Will Trump get to 1,237?" Did not Ted Cruz become a villain in the middle of this by…” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/22f/rush-limbaugh-28_conventions_donald-trump-wanted-the-nomination-and-a_3176619.jpg)
![“Do remember, though, that unless you're a playwright, the result [dialogue] isn't what you want; it's only an element of what you want. Actors embody and re-create the words of drama. In fiction, a tremendous amount of story and character may be given through the dialogue, but the story-world and…” quote by Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/ccc/ursula-k-le-guin-138_actors_do-remember-though-that-unless-you-re-a_2836249.jpg)
![“I can tell you one other story about Rent Control. The lead actress in the film, her name was Elizabeth Stack, and it turned out she was Robert Stack's daughter. The only problem with that - and she was lovely - was that she was basically hired because [Gian Luigi Polidoro] thought she was [film…” quote by Brent Spiner](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/cff/brent-spiner-2999_actresses_i-can-tell-you-one-other-story-about-ren_2545297.png)
