The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The story of what has happened to women in Afghanistan, however, is a very important one, and fertile ground for fiction. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
For me, writing stories is one way of feeling connected to the universe and God. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
“The man she wanted existed only in the romantic novels she was reading. She had met him. But he would never meet… — Mary Papas Copy Share Image
I always let the characters guide the stories. They really let me know what they want to say and what action they… — Ellen Schreiber Copy Share Image
Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life. — Keri Russell Copy Share Image
Dress for the story that you’d like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth. — Rachel Roy Copy Share Image
I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
One's life story cannot be told with complete veracity. A true autobiography would have to be written in states of mind, emotions,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So many of us are hungry for stories with more racial diversity, more truth in representation, and I am anxious to help… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
Everybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
With the new game I'm going to be involved from the ground up. I have had story input and the whole thing… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
Humanity can live without science, it can live without bread, but it cannot live without beauty. Without beauty, there would be nothing… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you're telling… — Danny Pino 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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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