The voice-over world has changed radically in the time that I've been in it. It used to be this rather small, select… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
When I was 16, my friends and I were all starting to think about what we were going to do with our… — Haley Lu Richardson Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, began the story of you.Many perilous, wonderful, harrowing, brilliant, delightful, profound things happened.And yet—the most exciting twists and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
To figure out what people think, look at the stories that they tell. We might never get away from the image of… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
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Movies such as 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Front Page' portrayed an era when driven newspapermen would do anything to get a story.… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
[Kafka] transformed the profoundly antipoetic material of a highly bureaucratized society into the great poetry of the novel; he transformed a very… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I think a good writer is a mix of confidence (sure that what they're writing is going to appeal to their readers)… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“Sang Ly, we are literature-our lives, our hopes, our desires, our despairs, our passions, our strengths, our weaknesses. Stories express our longing… — Camron Wright Copy Share Image
One night, I was lying in bed, and I was channel surfing between reality TV programs and actual war coverage. On one… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
We are the rags to riches story, okay, the Robertson's are. Okay? We had very humble beginnings. Everybody's trying to figure out… — Si Robertson Copy Share Image
People say strange things, the boy thought. Sometimes it's better to be with the sheep, who don't say anything. And better still… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I want to tell the story. Mostly, when you see rock movies, it has to be this over-the-top thing. I want to… — Bret Michaels Copy Share Image
The actors come in and they make characters their own and so Patrick and I have never been the kind to think… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image
'Battleship' is not a film that Francois Truffaut would have made. Nor would any of those other namby-pamby European directors. Nope, this… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
A necessary part of our intelligence is on the line as the oral tradition becomes less and less important. There was a… — Wes Jackson Copy Share Image
Jesse Marcel's unproven story was now primetime mythology. This remote New Mexico town had hit the jackpot. It didn't matter that there… — Peter Jennings Copy Share Image
Alphabet Juice is the book Roy Blount was born to write, which considering his prodigious talent, is saying a lot. Did you… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether "we, the people" is a… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
If there is a lesson in our story it is that the manipulation, according to strictly self-consistent rules, of a set of… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
I really don't want to produce artwork that does not have meaning beyond simple decorative values. I want to use public space… — Judy Baca Copy Share Image
The story of the gospel is so much better than the legal model suggests. It tells us that we are created as… — Doug Pagitt Copy Share Image
I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not a lot of friends nearby, makes you… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
In its jolly mission to expose the dark underbelly of the children’s book world, Wild Things! turns up stories I’ve been hearing… — Paul O. Zelinsky Copy Share Image
Well, we think that time "passes," flows past us, but what if it is we who move forward, from past to future,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
It's the city's crush and heave that move you; its intricacy; its endless life. You know the story about Manhattan as a… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
My work is very dear to me, and certainly I have had all the emotional highs and lows that go with trying… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
A good mixtape didn't just gather together a bunch of love songs, but instead created an emotional narrative specific to your affection.… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
I've always loved history, from my youngest memories. My father enjoyed the great stories of history, like Hereward the Wake, Robin Hood,… — Jo Beverley Copy Share Image
The longest-serving Republican Senator, Alaska's Ted Stevens, found guilty just a few hours ago on all charges in his corruption trial. Do… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
There are three necessary elements in a story - exposition, development, and drama. Exposition we may illustrate as "John Fortescue was a… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
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i love playing and chatting with children...feeding and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
My first program taught me a lot about the errors that I was going to be making in the future, and also… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
I think that it’s premature to call Libya a democracy because political order is still so fragile there and the command by… — Larry Diamond Copy Share Image
You can think of my films as cautionary tales, but you might even think of them as despairing tales, because at least… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
The date is not important. The age is not important. Time is not important. Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be… — Oscar Niemeyer Copy Share Image
This time I particularly loved because it came from a real experience with my grandchildren. Having them alone alone for the first… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
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