“Think of all the stories you've heard, Bast. You have a young boy, the hero. His parents are killed he sets out… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
A lot of (Kyle's) stories when he was back home in Texas, a lot of his own personal opinions about what he… — Ayman Mohyeldin Copy Share Image
Yes?’ he asked, looking at me over the sheet. ‘I’m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.’ ‘Oh, a writer, eh?’ ‘Yes.’… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Men feel challenged when a woman is in danger, so those types of stories interest women and they interest men on a… — Bill James Copy Share Image
Fiction is like that, once it is released into the world: contagious, persistent. Like the contents of Pandora's box, a story that's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
What could have been simply bizarre, sentimental or contrived here becomes an utterly absorbing love story. [...] This is early days in… — Peter Bradshaw Copy Share Image
It's really quite an interesting dynamic. I wanted to play to the truth of who Manute was in the first film, while… — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
I don't care if I tell that story and John Roderick gets up afterward and yells, 'I hope you enjoyed the white… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Do you know the story of the scorpion and the frog? You know, the frog agrees to carry the scorpion across the… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
“...a life - and a story - cannot be defined simply by the way one says good-bye. It's the introductions, the mistakes,… — Crystal Cestari Copy Share Image
But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we're… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
A story is not like a road to follow... it's more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
I have found that the person with a sense of story built in from childhood is in better shape than one who… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Films are dreams. Many, many critics say to me that my films are not good because they are too unbelievable, but this… — Dario Argento Copy Share Image
Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I really think kids should understand that music is like learning the alphabet. You put small letters together to make words, and… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
This girl shivers and crawls under the covers with all her clothes on and falls into an overdue library book, a faerie… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I have heard stories that it was love at first sight for both of us, that we disappeared to a guest room… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
People are trying to make decisions about whether they should vaccinate their children or not, which is still a big debate. It's… — Kyra Zagorsky Copy Share Image
In the past, [medicalization]has been portrayed as something that doctors inflict on a passive and un-suspecting world - an expansion of the… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
It's possible I'm a weird person, you know, and if I could only write for people who are like me, I wouldn't… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
Christian apologists who argue that a story about an empty tomb is convincing evidence of a resurrected body are likely unfamiliar with… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
I think most Hollywood meetings are silly and I truly despise pitching. It's insane to expect someone to come in and tell… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will live… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Cops never took anything on faith, and disbelieved every story that was told them on principle until and unless they could confirm… — Dana Stabenow Copy Share Image
“[Jane] Austen was not a novelist for nothing: she knew that our stories are what make us human, and that listening to… — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
Although it may not seem like it, this isn’t a story about darkness. It’s about light. Kahlil Gibran says Your joy can… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
However, unlike some of my friends and students, I don't think it's a laughing matter. I think it is frightening to see… — Mohammad Marandi Copy Share Image
Somethings get easier. You get more confident in your abilities and you learn what kind of stories sell and what don't. But… — Lori Wilde Copy Share Image
Nobody knows what will work until they try it. Some of comics' biggest success stories in recent years have explored subjects that… — Scott McCloud Copy Share Image
Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It’s unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
I often see cases of Internet news where there's no reconciliation for what's gone before and what's newly arrived. That training for… — Harold Evans Copy Share Image
The sad reality is that all the well-meaning groups and individuals who challenge our permanent war economy and the doctrine of preemptive… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I have a lot of projects I get asked for, but the opera house really is my house - my home. It's… — Jake Heggie Copy Share Image
We have an obligation to read aloud to our children. To read them things they enjoy. To read to them stories we… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
![“What could have been simply bizarre, sentimental or contrived here becomes an utterly absorbing love story. [...] This is early days in the festival, but Rust and Bone has to be a real contender for prizes, and, the odds will be shortening to vanishing point for Cotillard getting the best actress…” quote by Peter Bradshaw](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d3f/peter-bradshaw-55683_absorbing_what-could-have-been-simply-bizarre-sent_2751047.jpg)
![“It's really quite an interesting dynamic. I wanted to play to the truth of who Manute was in the first film, while it's also a prequel and the originator [of the story]. It was an interesting dynamic to work with, definitely. I haven't seen the film yet, but the way it felt when I was doing it, it…” quote by Dennis Haysbert](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1b2/dennis-haysbert-13483_felt_it-s-really-quite-an-interesting-dynamic_1098402.jpg)
![“In the past, [medicalization]has been portrayed as something that doctors inflict on a passive and un-suspecting world - an expansion of the Medical Empire. But in reality, it seems that these reductionist bio-medical stories can appeal to us all, because complex problems often have…” quote by Ben Goldacre](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/84e/ben-goldacre-9578_appeals_in-the-past-medicalization-has-been-port_921552.png)
![“[Jane] Austen was not a novelist for nothing: she knew that our stories are what make us human, and that listening to someone else's stories -- entering into their feelings, validating their experiences -- is the highest way of acknowledging their humanity, the sweetest form of usefulness.” quote by William Deresiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2bb/william-deresiewicz-15471_austen_jane-austen-was-not-a-novelist-for-nothi_62623.jpg)
