The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Would it have made a difference? This is the question we always ask after we have given up.” — Thomas King Copy Share Image
I chose to tell the story visually, so that anyone of any age, from any country, could understand it. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The first season, 'Supernatural' was very anthology-like. It was like a scary story of the week that the brothers would solve. — Robert Duncan McNeill Copy Share Image
I would definitely not rule out doing television, in the future, because I think it's a great medium for telling stories. — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law? — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
There is a child in every man, and that's why larger-than-life stories which have a fairly tale component will work. — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
I always describe writing a story as throwing bowling pins in the air and then catching them. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
What kind of people we become depends crucially on the stories we are nurtured on. — Chinweizu Ibekwe Copy Share Image
Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I've done. I find it strange,… — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
A story is not something of this world. A real story requires a kind of magical baptism to link the world on… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Being a creative person. It's so much more rewarding when you find things on your own, to live whatever the writers are… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
I think probably I'm quite sentimental; I like big emotional stories, I like being moved by things, but I think I'm very… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Self-trust is so important. When you launch on a story, make your neck loose, feel free, good-natured. And be lazy. Feel that… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Character is what someone does, much more than who they are. I can be sarcastic or I can be fearful, but it… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
Films are dreams. Many, many critics say to me that my films are not good because they are too unbelievable, but this… — Dario Argento Copy Share Image
I really think kids should understand that music is like learning the alphabet. You put small letters together to make words, and… — Terry Bozzio Copy Share Image
Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Yes?’ he asked, looking at me over the sheet. ‘I’m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.’ ‘Oh, a writer, eh?’ ‘Yes.’… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Fiction is like that, once it is released into the world: contagious, persistent. Like the contents of Pandora's box, a story that's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Men feel challenged when a woman is in danger, so those types of stories interest women and they interest men on a… — Bill James Copy Share Image
A lot of (Kyle's) stories when he was back home in Texas, a lot of his own personal opinions about what he… — Ayman Mohyeldin Copy Share Image
“I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Graves they say are warm'd by glory; Foolish words and empty story. — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
