Folk tales are my favourite form of story telling. They not only just adjust the reader according to the world it is… — Shweta Basu Prasad Copy Share Image
I hope that people will be inspired by Madam Walker's story. I hope that they will see her as a complex human… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I know that if you taste real food, you can feel it. Inside a living story, you feel the difference. If I… — Alice Rohrwacher Copy Share Image
The beauty of the horror genre is that you can smuggle in these harder stories, and the genre comes with certain demands,… — Ari Aster Copy Share Image
'What It Is' was based on this class I've been teaching for 10 years - I wanted to write a book about… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
In any adaptation, the challenge is to take the essence of the original source of the material, be faithful to it to… — Marc Platt Copy Share Image
If we think that this life is all there is to life, then there is no interpretation of our problems, our pain,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
It was Orwellian. I completely disappeared, and disappeared the same day. It was by early that evening when the Times story ran.… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
You can turn on Fox News almost any day and see some fictional story about voter fraud, the whole purpose of which… — Cenk Uygur Copy Share Image
I really want to do film, but I want to do the right film. The truth for me is that I'm really… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
The prosecution has to go with the evidence and the facts and tell the story as it happened. The defense has more… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
I won't call 'Cabin' an anti-home invasion story, because that's not exactly true, but the home-invasion subgenre is one I generally don't… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
It looks like the writer is telling you a story. What the writer is actually doing, however, is using words to evoke… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll have words or concepts written down before I have any type of music or anything. So when I have that,… — Giveon Copy Share Image
The scene is never really about moving the story forward on 'Breaking Bad.' That's the functional veneer of the scene, but it's… — George Mastras Copy Share Image
My story really is incredible. It's got a bunch of story lines - the garage-built thing. I'm an older guy. It's out… — Mike Hughes Copy Share Image
I know that I'm going to die and that you're going to die. I can't do anything about that. But I can… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“And perhaps that in itself was the great secret---not just for legacy, but also for life. You could carry a story inside… — Roshani Chokshi Copy Share Image
When you're filming, you're blind. But if you follow what really moves you, then you operate from a place of hope: maybe… — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
The story seems to be that almost every star has a planetary system... and, also, the definition of 'habitable zone' has expanded.… — Frank Drake Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book.' Books are very long… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
“You were trying to impress her with a story about getting mauled by a thresher?” “It made sense at the time.” “Ah,… — Jon Skovron Copy Share Image
The script of 'Shogun' was so tight that you could not take a word out of a sentence, you could not take… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
“The story that I am about to tell you is just a glimpse — a tiny glimpse into the people I bump… — J.D. Jacobs Copy Share Image
'Crucible' was going to be a 'passing of the torch' story. So something that was big enough to be worthy of that,… — Troy Denning Copy Share Image
The portal structure is simply a technique: it is neither necessary nor unnecessary, except as the writer and the story make it… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
There is a natural progression to 'Lost,' and as the story goes forward, it's going to change. It's not a static story.… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I don't read books. I read 'On the Road' in high school, and that was awesome, so I guess that's my favorite… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
'Animal Kingdom' feels like a suburban Melbourne version of 'The Godfather 'to me. It's epic and Shakespearean in its story, and yet… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
It's the oldest story in human existence. We've colonized someone or been colonized throughout human history. It's amazing how fast we comply… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
There's a scene where Diana is having her first dinner at Balmoral, my first big scene with everyone. I didn't really know… — Emma Corrin Copy Share Image
For me, reworking the past over and over again is a way not to trivialise the garments and not to obsess over… — Alessandro Michele Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Twenties' back in 2009. I always wanted to tell a story where a queer black woman was the protagonist, and… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
In terms of pure acting, my role model has always been Philip Seymour Hoffman; I really always loved what he did. I… — Constance Wu Copy Share Image
We must begin to tell black women's stories because, without them, we cannot tell the story of black men, white men, white… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
“Stories tell us who we are. They… Inspire us. Connect with us. Animate our reasoning process. Give us permission to act. Fire… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
