All that running and getting nowhere, he thought. Story of my life. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
There's all sorts of stories about me. I've stopped listening to them. You've got to laugh at them, really. — Shaun Ryder Copy Share Image
A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
I am constantly getting letters from inconsistancies in the back stories of these characters. — Joe Murray Copy Share Image
The story is everything, which means it's our job to tell better stories. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over. — Dale Archer Copy Share Image
When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Quantum fiction is any story that witnesses life and the human experience on a subatomic level. — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
In 'Open City,' there is a passage that any reader of Joyce will immediately recognise as a very close, formal analogue of… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I don't write poetry or short stories. I don't like to write articles usually. I tend to really only want to be… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Witness protection just makes for exciting stories and it's a really rich sort of place to grab stories from... people starting over… — Mary McCormack Copy Share Image
Only meaning can make a difference and we all know there's no meaning. All stories express a desire for meaning, not meaning… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
Remember the story of the Spanish prisoner. For many years he was confined in a dungeon... One day it occurred to him… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get,… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
Of course, I'm being rude. I'm spoiling the ending, not only of the entire book, but of this particular piece of it.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
When romances do really teach anything, or produce any effective operation, it is usually through a far more subtle process than the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I think about 'The Simpsons,' which has been going on for 25 years. Homer is still in his late 30's. Lisa is… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
People, they think that animation is a style. Animation is just a technique. It's like, people, they think that comics is a… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Here are examples of real women who have done real things: good, bad, and in between. We're expanding not just the definition… — Anita Sarkeesian Copy Share Image
What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. When I first arrived, I looked around… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
In the story of the Creation we read: ". . . And behold, it was very good." But, in the passage where… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
