The truth is, most of those female stories that are contending for Oscars are directed by men. Let's be honest. I looked… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
Americans are wonderfully courteous to strangers, yet indiscriminately shoot kids in schools. They believe they are masters of the world, yet know… — Brian Reade Copy Share Image
I have a funny story to tell about English and how I came to fall in love with the language. I was… — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
...the vital point to remember is that the swine who just sent your pearl of a story back with nothing but a… — Brian Stableford Copy Share Image
I wish more fantasy, especially the dominant fantasy that draws heavily on British and Christian lore, would wrestle with its own ethnospecific… — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
The life of a thinking man will probably be divided into two parts -- the first in which he desires to exterminate… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
You must know the story of how the race of ancient days reached the stars, and how they bargained away all the… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“I look over at my hero shelf and see Philip Levine, Rainer Maria Rilke, Virginia Woolf, Shunryu Suzuki, Adrienne Rich, Pablo Neruda,… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I wonder how, among the Fremont, mothers and daughters shared their world. Did they walk side by side along the lake edge?… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
I have been in schools around the country, and I have written on education for years. Once, I was once doing a… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Chekhov's stories are about the moment that a life goes off the rails and the price that will be paid - forever.… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
As artists, we belong to an ancient and holy tribe. We are the carriers of the truth that spirit moves through us… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“My cousin Helen, who is in her 90s now, was in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. She and a bunch… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
All the stories I have told you are finally as useless as all ancient knowledge is to man and to us. Its… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
In America, where writers are preoccupied with the craft of writing, I always try to introduce this concept of the badly written… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I felt like I was a writer, and I just thought filmmaking was the best way for me to express that, because… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
He'd once heard a story about a monastery on the top of some mountain in Japan or somewhere. After a long trek… — Steve Perry Copy Share Image
Well, see, I think it's that most people don't like that lonely feeling. People don't like looking up and feeling small or… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
An illustrator in my own mind - and this is not a truth of any kind - is someone who so falls… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
When I decided to make my version of Poe's stories, I wanted to respect the original material or to at least get… — Raul Garcia Copy Share Image
I think kids abandon stories all the time. They start stories and get frustrated or get a different, better idea. I think… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
Beneath the gore and smoke and loam, this book is about the evanescence of life, and why some men choose to fill… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
There are multiple shows of record about a late-transitioning patriarch and how the kids are affected, and there are multiple narratives. That… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I was going to be credited as Wray Nerely, my role in Con Man. It got cut in the reshoots. I was… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories.… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
I used to hide it but after a lot of encouragement from my friends at university, I've gained the confidence to come… — Jess Smith Copy Share Image
My neighborhood was like 'The Wonder Years.' We played until 10 o'clock at night. We used to tell scary stories. I was… — Richard Chizmar Copy Share Image
You have the capacity to change the plot line of your life, even if you've been acting from the same script since… — David Simon Copy Share Image
THE MAGIC AND THE DANGER OF FICTION IS THIS: it allows us to see through other eyes. It takes us to places… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
The average detective story is probably no worse than the average novel, but you never see the average novel. It doesn't get… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
You don't let a guy put his hand on your chest, and put his foot on the ball and look into your… — Thierry Henry Copy Share Image
If ever you are tempted to become discouraged or to lose faith, remember those faithful Saints who remained true in Kirtland. Hold… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
What we do with our lives every day, whether at school, a desk job, or keeping the home in order, is our… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
“They rode up the faint marks of the old trace where thousands of sojourners walking and riding both had crossed it and… — Paulette Jiles Copy Share Image
I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll… — Graham Russell Copy Share Image
Since humans first huddled around campfires, stories have been told of wild horses with wind in their manes, fire in their eyes… — Terri Farley Copy Share Image
