I'm entirely interested in people, and also other creatures and beings, but especially in people, and I tend to read them by… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
There's a really fine line between artistic license and artistic licentiousness. And history is a lousy filmmaker. It doesn't give you all… — Anthony McCarten Copy Share Image
I tell the story of eight forgotten founders, people like Canassatego, an Iroquois Indian Chief, who taught Benjamin Franklin about federalism, about… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
One of the things that I have my students do is to take a look at English-language newspapers from all around the… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“Use the act of breathing to shape air into sounds that take on the context of language that lifts and transports those… — Richard Wagamese Copy Share Image
Every film is faced with the enemy of time. Only so much story can fit into the 90-150 minutes of time that… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
One of the unique things about 'American Horror Story' is, it's very respectful to actors. Actors in many cases don't want to… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
When I think about my great conversations with Marlon Brando on the set of 'Morituri,' I think there's a story there, just… — Eric Braeden Copy Share Image
I was astounded to learn that Alaskan caves might be hiding secrets about the earliest people ever to enter the Americas. That's… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
'Rocky' is an incredibly human story, and 'Creed' is very inspired by the Rocky lore, but there's something kind of profound in… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
Indian audiences these days aren't really interested in watching a character on screen evolve. They don't want to see a young girl… — Nikita Dutta Copy Share Image
People with HIV and AIDS are nothing to be afraid of. They are people just like every single one of us, and… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that does not encourage women to be epic heroes of their own Big Stories but the mothers… — Justine Musk Copy Share Image
My story was that I was egotistical, arrogant, and an absolute jerk to everyone who brags about everything - and I will… — The Miz Copy Share Image
“I told her one of the few stories that she'd told me of myself as a child. We'd gone to a park… — Jessica Soffer Copy Share Image
Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
It was a high-class problem burden, but it was still a burden on 'The Vampire Diaries,' in which we had this group… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I'm not accomplished enough to over-analyze something, because I don't have the background as far as people who write and know how… — Phyllis Smith Copy Share Image
I thought, because of 'The 100' and 'Apocalypse,' that I knew everything about what life after an apocalypse would be - but… — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
Getting to do 'December Songs' in a cabaret-style format was so interesting because it's like a one-woman song cycle that actually tells… — Laura Osnes Copy Share Image
Till 'Mulk' and 'Article 15,' I used to deny that there is a change. Now I feel there is certainly a change,… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
Sometimes the fans want it both ways, of course. They want to feel like they're influencing the show, and at the same… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
As the chief public affairs officer at MoveOn and an MSNBC political analyst, you can often find me talking in front of… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
I'm not a natural researcher, and I don't get bogged down in it, but I think if you get it right in… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
There's an idea that action movies are more attractive to one gender than the other or different kinds of people or whatever.… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
It is, because you've got a nice picture, you want to put it up, and then you're like, 'Do I want this… — Michelle Keegan Copy Share Image
“[G]reat stories communicate simple truths that reflect the poetic dimensions of the human soul. Not only do powerful characters help us understand… — Kate Wright Copy Share Image
My story is a freedom song from within my soul. It is a guide to discovery, a vision of how even the… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
The scripture is filled with examples of genuine masculinity; you could mine David's story for probably a year by itself. And we… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
We're used to a story in modern terms as an information delivery device. Certainly on television and even with the studio films,… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
Hemingway's short story 'Hills Like White Elephants' is a classic of its kind. It illustrates Hemingway's 'iceberg theory,' which requires that a… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
I believe thrillers work if the story is good. It is not easy to make a thriller because the audience is making… — Sriram Raghavan Copy Share Image
'Betrayed' starts off with Shane Gallagher rescuing Elena Reyes and a group of hostages from a madman with a gun. And as… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
It's an unfortunate situation. After such a great play I felt like I got hit late, no flag, broke my hand. That's… — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
You can't just keep telling a story the same way over and over again. And I think it only helps the world… — Josh Trank Copy Share Image
“It was a story to tell myself, a promise. Saying out loud, "You're never going to touch me again" - that was… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
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