I got interested in reading very early, because a story was read to me, by Hans Christian Andersen, which was 'The Little… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip… — William Golding Copy Share Image
I was disappointed with 'My Friend Pinto.' Everyone put a lot of effort into it but the final product was something no… — Prateik Babbar Copy Share Image
I knew I was a manic depressive when I was 13 or 14, and I loved it. I always told people what… — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
Yes - I agree that 'Love Foolish' is very similar to 'Make Me Go,' however, the message is different. 'Love Foolish' follows… — Momo Hirai Copy Share Image
But there was more to it than that. As the Amazing Maurice said, it was just a story about people and rats.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In this tradition a story is 'holy,' and it is used as medicine," she told Radiance magazine. "The story is not told… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
You write a book and you finish the book. That's your job done, right? You win the Booker and you have a… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
“And yet, wasn't the terrific thing about stories the fact that they joined readers together, that they made people realize they were… — Adam Langer Copy Share Image
The first thing I did on television was a PBS thing where I played a priest. It was a Walt Whitman or… — Kelsey Grammer Copy Share Image
Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I've really gotten to play a lot of different things, starting with 'Southpaw.' For 'Spotlight,' I got to play this amazing journalist,… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
“Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go.… — Susan J. Tweit Copy Share Image
My idea behind the film was to show the struggles an athlete continually endures. There is always a story behind a successful… — Sandeep Singh Copy Share Image
I think when you're in the middle of a piece of work, there are things that bleed over into your life. You're… — Shaun Evans Copy Share Image
I was, like, 'I really wanna see an Eric Rohmer movie take place in a Bert I. Gordon universe.' Where there's a… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
“When Tess had told him about the book project, she hadn't mentioned hostile women and swarms of bees. In fact, she'd characterized… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
I hope for quick, fluent copy and memorable pictures. The words would not 'describe' the pictures; the pictures would not 'illustrate' the… — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
You have very short travel blogs, and I think there's a split among travel writers: the service-oriented writers will say, 'Well, the… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I want very badly to have a success story at the end of it, at the end of my career and say,… — Mardy Fish Copy Share Image
I find the mediums to be incredibly different. In theatre you're telling the same story eight times a week, and in TV… — Helene Yorke Copy Share Image
Entire families are attending 'Son of God' together and sharing it with their own kids. Parents are using the film as a… — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
I've always felt in my own small, little way that if I could just write a story where it works out well,… — Paul Dini Copy Share Image
Stories are there to be told, and each story changes with the telling. Time changes them. Logic changes them. Grammar changes them.… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
'Behind The Candelabra' is an HBO movie. It's the Liberace story. Michael Douglass and Matt Damon. I play a small part in… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
When a movie is being made out of a book, there is a mixed reaction on the part of fans because they… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Each of us has a sophisticated system that throws away most of our experiences, keeps only a few choice samples, mixes them… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
'Cosmos' is an occasion to bring everything that I have, all of my capacity to communicate. We may go to the edge… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We see great growth in the United States. But also in China, Brazil, the U.K., and other markets around the world. So… — Mike Duke Copy Share Image
We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We live entirely by the impression of a narrative line upon disparate images, the… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Artists like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Ann Peebles, Isaac Hayes, and so many more gave me hope when I… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Everyone has a story to tell, and in a perfect world, everyone would get the opportunity to tell it. Some of us… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I don't consciously sit down thinking I'm blurring genre lines, for the most part. I try to stay focused solely on serving… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins… — Joy Harjo Copy Share Image
The most exciting thing I've seen is directors not only being open to actors coming in the room with different abilities but… — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
I'm very conscious that I'm an entertainer. Something like 73 percent of my readers are college graduates, so you can't condescend to… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
It happened to me on 'King of the Hill,' where I'd left it before the end and didn't really participate in the… — Greg Daniels Copy Share Image
