When a man makes up a story for his child, he becomes a father and a child together, listening. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“...the making of stories is only one part of my craft -mainly, I'm a heart whisperer...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways. — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
If we are to prosper together in our increasingly small world, we must listen to -- and learn from each other's stories — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did. — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story. — Zoey Deutch Copy Share Image
Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. — George Stephen Copy Share Image
Don't worry about meaning. If a story's any good, it can't help but have meaning. Let the PhDs tell you what your… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
Edgar Sawtelle is a boy without a voice, but his world, populated by the dogs his family breeds, is anything but silent.… — Dalia Sofer Copy Share Image
We like things to manifest right away, and they may not. Many times, we're just planting a seed and we don't know… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who… — Jim Bishop Copy Share Image
The heart will listen when the eyes are closed. The heart will hear when the mind is shut. The heart will move… — Rob Kall Copy Share Image
My God may not be your idea of God, but one thing I know of my God he makes me a humanitarian.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My ideas often come from strong mental images. When I'm observing some relatively ordinary thing, I'll think, "What if…" and out of… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When a culture is not mythologically instructed, not instructed in story that gives us a call, then we start looking for quasi-stories,… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
I think the hardest thing about the part is the responsibility that you feel playing something that is so real and resonant… — Linda Cardellini Copy Share Image
All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook,… — William Cowper Prime Copy Share Image
Writing has always been a serious business for me. I felt it was a moral obligation. A major concern of the time… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I was so lucky. I had a dad and a mom that loved me and my sisters so much. My Uncle Mike… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
I have to say in premise 'Winter Journal' is really not a memoir. And I don't even think of it as an… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I got to watch Frank Capra, in his eighties, in action. You read all the stories about Frank Capra fighting with the… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
Eragon started as me but ended up evolving into his very own character, .. Even as he has gone through his coming-… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
In third or fourth grade, I loved to sign stories and monologues. — Millicent Simmonds Copy Share Image
