Most stories are based on something real.

I've always wanted to do a role based on a real-life person.

— Fahadh Faasil

I definitely feel that we cannot do the fantastic things based on the real, unless we first know the real.

— Walt Disney

A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and…

— Stan Sakai

We try to not write stories based on reaction. We try to write them based on character integrity as we understand it and observe…

— Peter Paige

“Fairy tales represent hundreds of years of stories based on thousands of years of stories told by hundreds, thousands, perhaps even millions of tellers.”

— Kate Bernheimer

I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you…

— Clive Owen

In my case, I made the decision early on that I was going to be very open about the book and claim upfront that…

— Leslie Pietrzyk

Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.

— Brian Jacques

There are stories we take on from our culture, and there are stories based on our own personal history. Some of those stories lock…

— Tara Brach

This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth

— Ring Lardner

I made 'Supreme Clientele' what it is. Those are my stories, based around whatever they're based upon. It's me.

— Ghostface Killah

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.

— Paul Cezanne

Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film changes as time goes by and based on the…

— Alex Cox

The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost…

— Francis Collins

Like in nature, I like things which are based on a few simple principles, even though their manifestation can be very rich.

— Fabiola Gianotti