Audiences want great story telling; it's why white people watch my show 'Black in America.' It's why black people watch 'Latina in… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
You open a section of 'The New York Times,' and there's a review or a story on a choreographer or a dancer,… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
They were a very good form for me - the way a short story has to be designed in order to function,… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
It sounded good. It was a story that Victor Conte told me to use. I was contacted by Dr. Goldman, and that's… — Kelli White Copy Share Image
I had an experience which I could not explain to myself and to others while I was on my way back from… — Zoya Akhtar Copy Share Image
“On the late afternoon streets, everyone hurries along, going about their own business. Who is the person walking in front of you… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
It's all about creating a back story for the character and developing emotional responses that are true to life in relation to… — Corin Nemec Copy Share Image
I really feel that my life story is a continuation of the Great American Dream - the immigrant who comes to this… — Friedrich St. Florian Copy Share Image
In late 2011, I watched a documentary by Stephen Fry called 'The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive.' He shared his story… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
I remember back in the 1960s - late '50s, really - reading a comic book called 'Martin Luther King Jr. and the… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
One of the great mysteries of the Trump era has been the missed opportunities for the first lady to stamp her mark… — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
“I would travel far and wide...seeing, listening, creating. I would weave tales for an enthralled audience. A song would be heard throughout… — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
When an international news organization covers a story in Somalia, Yemen, Sudan or wherever, they will fly a crew to go there,… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
We give you this story. It is for the audience to be moved and gut wrenched, not us. It isn't as if… — Linda Lavin Copy Share Image
Too often we learn everything about how an African dies, but nothing about how he lives. But they learn and live and… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I don't think my story is an unusual story for a lot of music performers. But I think that since 1982, worldwide,… — Toni Basil Copy Share Image
My mother used to push 'Wuthering Heights' on me as a boy, and I sensed from her breathy description of the story… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
But the problem is that you cannot just admit to something you haven't done; you need to deliver the details, which you… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
I got in the water anyways and took some pics. After goofing off the rest of the day we went back to… — Jade Copy Share Image
My first three-sisters novel in a while, 'Sandcastles' tells the story of the Sullivan family - two passionate artists and their three… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
The need for a detailed, comprehensive examination of the Saturn system became clear during the early 1980s, after the two Voyager spacecraft… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
“Cassia. I know which life is my real one now, no matter what happens. It’s the one with you. For some reason,… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
I want to be the kind of elected official who not only pays attention but who acts on behalf of people -… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
“I am here because of a certain man. I came to retrace his steps. Perhaps to see if there were not some… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I feel like 'Beware' is a heartfelt song - it's something that is definitely a story, something that I cultivated from personal… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
We have bred multiple generations of people who have not experienced knowing where you are the moment a news story broke, with… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As kids, we always sat at the table with my parents and grandparents, and they would tell stories. We were very poor,… — Willie Robertson Copy Share Image
“Having committed this to memory, he reflected how deluded he’d been to believe he had left his past behind and become a… — Jeremy Duns Copy Share Image
“Well finish your story anyway." Where was I?" The bubonic plague. The bulldozer was stalled by corpses." Oh, yes. Anyway, one sleepless… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Read sometimes for the story, Bobby. Don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words - the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Part of the job is knowing how to use this medium in the most effective way for the story you're telling, so… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I think it's more interesting to throw people into a story and let them catch up instead of explaining and feeling like… — Grant Heslov Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people, including me, clammed up when a civilian asked about battle, about war. It was fashionable. One… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The first Knightfall story is four issues, and it is extremely focused and intense. People who have read, say, the 'Cats In… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
The real story in housing will be a recovery in the economy that will drive a recovery in housing, When people are… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
Sometimes people can get lost within the crowd, but we have to remember that ballroom dancing is an intimate sport where people… — Cheryl Burke Copy Share Image
I understood that the stories we believe have power over us. They work into our bodies and minds and change us from… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
Two guys, one girl, and the mess they can create amongst themselves may be the oldest story in the book, but it… — Neha Sharma Copy Share Image
I'm an actor first and foremost. My producing credentials are just to say, 'Yeah, I love this story and now let's bring… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
