As someone with a novelistic background, I just didn't have much interest in creating stories by committee. I don't think you necessarily… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
There is that stereotype of a nerd with the high pants and pocket protector and that kind of thing. That can sustain… — Johnny Galecki Copy Share Image
If I could sum up 'Shadow's Claim' in six words: cage fights with hot alpha males. Seriously, though, while the fights are… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
“Our fundamental tactic of self-protection, self-control, and self-definition is not spinning webs or building dams, but telling stories, and more particularly connecting… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in the emotion of design, and the message that's sent before somebody begins to read, before they get… — David Carson Copy Share Image
Yes, I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I think one thing that's always a concern to me is you see a role, and you're not seeing the character; you're… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
The name of the album is 'Non-Fiction'. And, I'm calling it that because the name of every song on this album is… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
“When we can't understand the science behind something in this world, we make up mythological entities that we can relate to. We… — Chelsie Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I don't have answers for anybody else. What I know is that internal complexity makes for superficiality. There's never essentially a pure… — Barry Diller Copy Share Image
I liked the story and wanted to do it, but I guess the time for the project came now, because I had… — N. T. Rama Rao, Jr Copy Share Image
When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. 'My husband doesn't respect me.' 'I should be… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
One of the first houses we lived in was like out of a fairy story. We had a stream that ran through… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I'm sick of hearing, thinking and talking about Woody Allen. Nonetheless, the allegations against him continue to capture our national attention because… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Taking on different characters and seeing things through the eyes of different people is interesting to me. When I look at what… — Little Simz Copy Share Image
The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
“It was Stevenson, I think, who most notably that there are some places that simply demand a story should be told of… — Mark Valentine Copy Share Image
It was always a plan that we were going to have a retail side with what were doing musically, like an Apple… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
The practical life of a vast number of people is not, as a matter of fact, worth while at all. It is… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
I have the cliche 'struggling actor' story. I was waiting tables in New York, went out to L.A. soon after graduation to… — Pedro Pascal Copy Share Image
“Humans, however, can’t live very long without some sense of a continuing story. Such stories go beyond the limited rational system (or… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to… — Andrew Gross Copy Share Image
To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
'An Octoroon' was written over about three years but premiered in 2014. I'm writing about America's relationship to its own history. Race… — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Copy Share Image
Though the concept of the show revolves around a love layer, 'Ek Duje Ke Vaaste' has a very unique storyline. It is… — Nikita Dutta Copy Share Image
I must discipline myself. I must be imaginative and create plots, knit motives, probe dialogue - rather than merely trying to record… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I'd describe 'Born to Kill' as a 'study in psychopathy', it's very much in the heads of our main protagonist, Sam, a… — Daniel Mays Copy Share Image
My hope is that 'Beyond the Heavens' will encourage people to explore faith, open their mind and go beyond what they think… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
I fear dying in the middle of a book. It would be so annoying to write 80,000 words and not get to… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of us have a story to tell, it's just that we don't get the platform or the… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
The storytelling mind is allergic to uncertainty, randomness, and coincidence. It is addicted to meaning. If the storytelling mind cannot find meaningful… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
“It was exactly the sort of thing I needed to be reading that afternoon: a story where, no matter how bad things… — Heather James Copy Share Image
If it has something of substance and a platform that makes sense, I can share my story. You can get a little… — Tionne Watkins Copy Share Image
I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There were a lot of pulp… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“This was not what we wanted to hear that morning. Adventures inspire, tall tales excite, and fantasies stir the imagination, but sad… — J. W. Lord Copy Share Image
“Do you want to know the first time I ever saw you?" he said with his lips at my ear. I knew… — Brodi Ashton Copy Share Image
The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
