“Don't tell me that I can't do it. Go and tell God that story. After all, He is the one who gave… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Mixing old wine with new wine is stupidity, but mixing old wisdom with new wisdom is maturity.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
It's true of Irish Catholic families. They're big on story telling and big on saving stories from one generation to the next. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
“The internal psychological pressure to make up a story, to explain the ruins before one's eyes, is powerful indeed.” — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I have always felt that effect covers are very good covers. They bring you into the story if you pay attention to… — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
I think acting, for me, is about play. It's about time, and it's about feeling, like there's a story to tell and… — Rachel Keller Copy Share Image
Cinema and the arts invite viewers to focus on a story and, in doing so, peel away its layers and peer into… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I decided to take my foot off the pedal with all the detail. I'm sure after 'Animalia' and 'The Eleventh Hour,' readers… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
“We have, each of us, a life-story, an inner narrative — whose continuity, whose sense, is our lives. It might be said… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my favorite movies were the George Pal version of 'War Of The Worlds,' 'Them,' and 'Invasion of… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
A picture story is a sequence of images combined with text in such a way that pictures and words reinforce each other.… — Arthur Rothstein Copy Share Image
The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time… — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they were actors and they… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
Rian Johnson's 'Looper' is inventive, entertaining, and thought-provoking in every way a movie can be. It is in fact the kind of… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I think it's linked to the realisation that we're not going to live forever and that the way of saying and the… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad. — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
The most important thing in a love story for me is the intensity and passion that my lead actors bring into playing… — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
Storytelling is at the heart of life. As a child, I was never bored because I could always get on with my… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
I believe in advancing the story with the cover so that the audience gets taken in immediately with that cover. — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
I stopped waiting tables in my 40s, and I think that's the story of a lot of people around me. We're all… — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
In 'Past Lives,' the villains of the story are time and space - 23years and the Pacific Ocean - so those things… — Celine Song Copy Share Image
A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
If you bring in actors right when you're breaking story, it has a 'too many cooks in the kitchen' effect. — Jes Macallan Copy Share Image
For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand. — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I'm so proud to be able to share my story with others who might be going through a similar process with their… — Dominique Jackson Copy Share Image
Both individuals and societies tell themselves stories to simplify and make sense of the messy chaos of reality. — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Incarcerated individuals want what most people want in a novel: good, honest writing and a story well told. — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
When I told my father about Samantha, he simply laughed and said that he is happy and that he already knew about… — Naga Chaitanya Copy Share Image
“she has craters but only a fool can deny her beauty. She silently stare sun whole night & reflects his light his… — Lokesh Fouzdar Copy Share Image
“A well-spun tale can transport listeners away from their humdrum lives and return them with an enlarged sense of the world.” — Jonathan Auxier Copy Share Image
“We take creative license with the fictional narratives that become our memories. Anthologized, these are the tales that become the story of… — Danielle Ganek Copy Share Image
For the longest time, I was in random cold matches for 30 minutes and tore the house down for no reason, and… — Dolph Ziggler Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I'm overwhelmed from meeting people and telling my story over and over again. — Shaquem Griffin Copy Share Image
People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing… — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
I think there's a connection with 'Nightcrawler' and 'Blowup' and other films where visual imagery is integral to the story. It allows… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
With 'Crazy Story,' I thought it from the back to the front. I thought about the ending first, then what's going to… — King Von Copy Share Image
“I made Monstrous Sea because it's the story I wanted. I wanted a story like it, and I couldn't find one, so… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
I become my characters, and then try to allow events in the story to take their own course. I try not to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
