“In the end, it wasn't so much that there was an alternative narrative--there always was--but it came down to belief: Which one… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
I learned about this talent show on TV that was basically the Estonian version of 'American Idol.' So I lied about my… — Kerli Copy Share Image
'Dandelion Wine' became one of the few books that I returned to time and again, and while not anywhere near the story… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The word "story" is short for the word "history." They both have the same root and fundamentally mean the same thing. A… — James M. Kouzes Copy Share Image
“Everything within takes place after Jack died and before my mom and I drowned in a burning ferry in the cool tannin-tinted… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
If a film is suitable for family viewing, it should remain so, and if a film has some adult content, it should… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
Size Zero' tells the story of a woman and the challenges and body shaming that she faces on a daily basis. I… — Kanika Dhillon Copy Share Image
Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up… — Marla Maples Copy Share Image
There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
You don't just go to your bosses and say, 'This sucks. I'm supposed to be winning everything.' If you have an awesome… — Dolph Ziggler Copy Share Image
Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. It was a story that never failed to… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
“...to understand who a person really was, what his or her life really meant, the speaker for the dead would have to… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Winter passed, and the world around began to wake. The birds returned to the kingdom and set about readying their nests, deer… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
There is a story behind every person there is a reason why they're the way they are they aren't just like that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The history of the modern Republican Party is the story of moderates being driven out and conservatives taking over - and then… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Most of us live in a fog. It's like life is a movie we arrived to 20 minutes late. You know something… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
The world of counterterrorism is like that old jigsaw puzzle in the back of the closet: Its many missing pieces and extra… — Eric L. Haney Copy Share Image
Like pretty much every short story writer, I submitted to every market under the sun and hoped for the best. The rejection… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
Look at the films of Walt Disney: 'Snow White' came out in February 1938, and I can't think of another film from… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
You can't tell the story of the thousands of people whose lives were destroyed by Bernie Madoff because there are thousands of… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
I don't study films particularly. I plan to direct, but I'm not watching film - I watch the entire film to see… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
And meanwhile, the storytellers like me and Anderson, Silverberg... we tell stories. People like them. They want to know how it comes… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
One of the incredible things about doing a show like this is that Jason Sudeikis has it all mapped out in his… — Phil Dunster Copy Share Image
People have asked me a lot, 'What comes first? The pictures or the story? The story or the picture?' It's hard to… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“Neither the cat nor I missed you while you were gone. It's worse than that. We danced the visitor-gone dance, flinging our… — Melissa Checker Copy Share Image
The songs sort of come out spontaneously and it'll take me awhile to figure out what exactly is happening lyrically, what kind… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths. You make up others.… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
People are still very focused on the startup story: Risk-taking founders, with a bold idea, some capital and a network supportive environment,… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Stories pass the experienced world back and forth between them as a metaphor, until it is worn out. Only then do we… — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
I think '205 Live' is the ultimate underdog story. This isn't a knock on any other brands; you have your stars on… — Mustafa Ali Copy Share Image
I respect my competitors, you know, I get respect back from them. I respect people out there who pay for their tickets… — Justin Gatlin Copy Share Image
With 'The Sixth Sense,' my dad and I discussed how this was not so much a horror story as a story about… — Haley Joel Osment Copy Share Image
I don't know how it would play out it the long run, if I were go to series with the story, I… — Andreas Katsulas Copy Share Image
Nobody knows why we're alive; so we all create stories based on our imagination of the world; and as a community, we… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
It's an interesting job, it's a fascinating job, I can't imagine anything that would have given me more satisfaction, and not everything… — Dennis O'Neil Copy Share Image
