I start writing, pull whatever images happen to occur to…

“You'll have to make do with the story instead, pieced together from the scraps of old lives. That is all I have.”

— Bernie Mcgill

Only cinema narrows its concern down to its content, that is to its story. It should, instead, concern itself with its form, its structure.

— Peter Greenaway

“I was looking for a miracle, but I got a story instead, and sometimes those are the same thing.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“If [the characters] grow a lot, they begin to influence the course of the story instead of the other way around.”

— Stephen King

There has been far too much of journalists deciding they are on the side of something and going out to get the story, instead…

— Claire Fox

“At some point I had stopped being in love with him and had fallen in love with the story of him and me instead.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“It's true that this is not a book you stick on a shelf. This is a story you will instead always carry in your…

— Terry Goodkind

Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "…

— Diana Gabaldon

“Trying to change, avoid, or get rid of that story is often ineffective, time consuming, and focuses our attention on the unhelpful story. Instead,…

— Matt Lewis

And, of course, supernatural elements just make a story more interesting.

— John Foster

I realize through doing media and certain things and being around certain people that you have make a story, that you have to figure…

— Ryan Clark

In a movie, you work three months to tell a story that happens in two hours. In a Mexican soap opera, you work one…

— Diego Luna

“Make a story for me, yes? About my Loh-rhett-ah when she was small like Blackbird.” She stared at him, clearly unable to believe he…

— Catherine Anderson

Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you read 'The…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

I don't want to be like Romeo & juliet, Prince Charming and Cinderella, or even Ken and Barbie..I want to make a story of…

— Anonymous