Fred Hoyle was one of the first scientists to become famous on television and radio. It was because he told a dramatic… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Stories matter. Stories are how we make sense of the world, which doesn't mean that those stories can't be stupid and simplistic… — Laurie Penny Copy Share Image
The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it has come to be disbelieved. Few people… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The key to any good sports story is identifying the defining moment. In football games or a boxing match, it's usually pretty… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
To make a love story, you need a couple of young people, but to reflect on the nature of love, you're better… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist,… — Tom Sizemore Copy Share Image
“Storytelling is ultimately the only way that we know besides song, dance, painting, and music to share with our tribesmen what it… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
What is interesting to me about film, and documentary film in particular, is that I can write about these people, and you… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
I think women's wrestling has had a hard time because of GLOW. When GLOW came out, it looked like somebody was ripping… — Bobby Heenan Copy Share Image
You just want to find a story that grabs you and that you've never seen before, but somehow you can't imagine it… — Harry Treadaway Copy Share Image
I've been in leadership roles on Broadway, and it's one thing to lead a Broadway company - you're with those people for… — Merle Dandridge Copy Share Image
Any fool can tell a story. Take a few odds and ends of things that happen to you, dress them up, shuffle… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
I can't conceive of nursing babies and taking care of children and writing, too. I know there are writers that do that,… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
It is after all so easy to shatter a story. To break a chain of thought. To ruin a fragment of a… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It's a story about a… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
“Your audience is your adversary. If you don't have one get one - imagine it. Imagine it now. To whom is your… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Copy Share Image
My aunt took me to see 'Salad Days' when I was seven. This story of a magic piano that infects everyone who… — Cameron Mackintosh Copy Share Image
“Most cowgirls are natural storytellers, their art honed by years of practice. . . . It serves as entertainment; it also preserves… — Teresa Jordan Copy Share Image
When I was three and a half years old, I heard my big sister tell my mum that at school that day… — Caterina Scorsone Copy Share Image
The worst story I ever wrote was after the conviction of Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay. My co-author and I wrote a… — Bethany McLean Copy Share Image
I feel like when you first start out, people like your story. They like these facts about you. And as you get… — Nav Copy Share Image
There's such a thing as being a little too perfect - a little too shiny. I know I prefer things that have… — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
A girl and guy were speeding over 100 mph on a motorcycle Girl: Slow down. Im scared. Guy: No this is fun.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would love to work with Pendleton Ward who created 'Adventure Time,' and I'm dying to work with Ryan Murphy. I'm obsessed… — Bria Vinaite Copy Share Image
I suppose the story of my life is a search for love, but more than that, I have been looking for a… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
I think it's so interesting which ways your career can go. I would have been a completely different actor doing a completely… — Florence Pugh Copy Share Image
Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family's story. That's why I am so passionate about raising… — DeAngelo Williams Copy Share Image
There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Different narrative forms naturally lend themselves to different aspects of existence. The novel is ideal for presenting the inner lives of its… — Todd Alcott Copy Share Image
Joe and I have always been drawn to ensemble storytelling. We like the idea of telling stories from multiple characters' points of… — Anthony Russo Copy Share Image
“Control what people believe, and you control what they do. Who they are. The world is only the aggregate of human perception.… — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
I really told my story as I saw it in 'Cross to Bear,' and I was pleased - and a bit surprised… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
“No book can be written till it wants to be written, till it shouts to be written, and raises up a persistent… — Jyoti Arora Copy Share Image
All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by. religion, whatever… — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
'180' is a romantic film, but I don't think it can be classified as a fluffy love story. It is a wonderful… — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
Anybody who sits down to write, and they think 'thriller,' maybe shouldn't be thinking that way. Maybe we should be thinking 'novel,'… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
Reality in movies is the reality of the story you're telling, so it may not match the reality as we know it,… — Caleb Deschanel Copy Share Image
The seminal elements of what makes a story great - challenge, struggle, resolution - are the same whether we're talking about story… — Peter Guber Copy Share Image
