“Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal” — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
What do my science fiction stories have in common with pornography? Fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world, I'm told. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write. — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by… — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well. — Rainer Werner Fassbinder Copy Share Image
The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
The most fun part for an actor is the writing and the story and the character. That's very fulfilling. — Dominique McElligott Copy Share Image
How can an article about me or the Batman be the true story when I am not consulted or interviewed? — Bob Kane Copy Share Image
Felipe and I, as we discover to our delight, are a perfectly matched, genetically engineered belly-to-belly success story. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Though Geographic didn't publish that photo in the story that it was done for, "The Life of Charlie Russell," a cowboy artist… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture 'Little Dancer Aged 14,'… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
For me, what makes great actors, always is how truthful they are to the character and the story and the emotion that… — Billy Boyd Copy Share Image
It is possible to combine a story line and plot line in the same work. Usually the storylines comes first, serving as… — James N. Frey Copy Share Image
All I thought about when I wrote my stories was, "I hope that these comic books would sell so I can keep… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
My books are love stories at core, really. But I am interested in manifestations of love beyond the traditional romantic notion. In… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Steven Erikson is an extraordinary writer. I read Gardens of the Moon with great pleasure. And now that I have read it,… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
“It's easy to allow the world to collapse down to our own stories. To see ourselves as the central figure in the… — Shaun David Hutchinson Copy Share Image
When I pray the Lord's Prayer, I begin with the first word, "Our. . ." (see Matthew 6:9) and I stop and… — Samir Selmanovic Copy Share Image
O Mary! teach us the life of adoration! Teach us to see, as thou didst, all the mysteries and all the graces… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
The catastrophe story, whoever may tell it, represents a constructive and positive act by the imagination rather than a negative one, an… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
A conventional ‘success’ story is one where, with each next, the protagonist has more money, more respect, and more possessions. I’d like… — Po Bronson Copy Share Image
A lot of times, we also have to live and work. You have to make money to pay rent. In that respect,… — Djimon Hounsou Copy Share Image
India went through a dramatic revolution after the '90s when our economy started opening up for the first time and Indians were… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
“And the stories we tell ourselves are not the only stories.” — Erica Lorraine Scheidt Copy Share Image
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