The intimate conversations have its moments, because you have to sell the characters, because there is so much going on. It's so… — Eleanor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
“Stories set the inner life into motion, and this is particularly important where the inner life is frightened, wedged, or cornered. Story… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
I've made the decision to adhere to three general truths when it comes to my novels: There will be a love-story element… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Barack Obama, you know has a lot of supporters here in America, but he's very popular internationally. It's quite interesting. This is… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think we're on this world for three reasons: to be useful, to tell each other stories and to collect stuff.… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
Sacramental listening reminds us that current suffering isn't the end of the story. God loves us deeply, and the vision for the… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy. In my mind it’s a little bit… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I don't think it's a bad thing to play a character that's not necessarily a super-woman. Even if the character is a… — Megalyn Echikunwoke Copy Share Image
In the beginning this was just an idea. Then it was a short story. Then it was a script. Each step was… — Steven C. Harper Copy Share Image
Something about the possession of a book - an object that can contain infinite fables, words of wisdom, chronicles of times gone… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
If somebody can act out one of the books as a play, if they can see a play, film, or television show… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
Most of us grew up with a very damaging story that something is wrong with us. Gradually - or as in my… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
'Meek's Cutoff' by Kelly Reichardt - it's beautifully shot. It's a complex story. The filmmaker gave a very patient and feminine touch… — Chloe Zhao Copy Share Image
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Until a character becomes a personality it cannot be believed. Without personality, the character may do funny or interesting things, but unless… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
The wish to be super-strong is a healthy wish, a vital, compelling, power-producing desire. The more the Superman-Wonder Woman picture stories build… — William Moulton Marston Copy Share Image
but that mimosa grove - the haze of stars, the tingle, the flame, the honey-dew, and the ache remained with me, and… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
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I've always said if somebody wrote a book and they took their whole life to learn that knowledge in that book, why… — Jeff Olson Copy Share Image
I'm not a malicious person. When you get past the tattoos and leather, I give people a fair shake. There are periods… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
Michael Koryta isn’t just one of the finest authors working in the crime genre today. He’s simply one of today’s finest authors,… — William Kent Krueger Copy Share Image
We want to do things that are interesting, great storytelling, some of it is gonna be more fun and funny, some of… — John Legend Copy Share Image
But I am not sure it would contain any short stories. For the short story is a minor art, and it must… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
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It was the first time I worked with Matthew McConaughey [in the True Detective].They're fun guys [with Woody Harrelson]. They don't take… — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
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Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Some people demand a five-line capsule summary. Something you'd read in a magazine. They want you to say, 'This is the story… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Explicit knowledge, conventionally delivered like pizza (neat boxes with toppings of concepts, theories, best practices and war stories), is consumed by the… — Richard Pascale Copy Share Image
I read the story and reread the story, but I still could not find the universality that the little Irishman had spoken… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
There's nothing confessional about crafting and shaping a story out of a lived life. In fact, it's quite the opposite - the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
An idea has no worth at all without believable characters to implement it; a plot without characters is like a tennis court… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
I decided to give acting a serious, committed try, and soon after, I read the script for 'Lovely and Amazing.' The story… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
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The first script was one of six original stories I had written in the form of two trilogies. After the success of… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Take lots of time for yourself, discovering yourself-pursue not only a profession but other life passions, I always make time to rock… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
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