I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense. — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size. — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
I'm excited about the ageing process. I'm more interested in women who aren't perfect. They're more compelling. — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
If the story's interesting and it's a compelling script, I'd be thrilled to be a part of it. — Andre Braugher Copy Share Image
“That is a death I will think of often and with great fondness.” — Gabriel F.W. Koch Copy Share Image
Far better than a precise plan is a clear sense of direction and compelling beliefs. And that lies within you. The question… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big… — Griffin Dunne Copy Share Image
“He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his… — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
Dressing badly has been a refuge much of my life, a way of compelling others to engage with my mind, not my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Visuals are compelling, but sometimes the only way to get your point of view and purpose across is through words. Great copy… — David Droga Copy Share Image
I think the mission for the writer is to tell stories in a compelling way about the stuff that cannot be talked… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Children who remember their past lives offer the most compelling evidence yet for reincarnation... when adults listen-really listen-to what the children are… — Carol Bowman Copy Share Image
I love telling stories. I think of myself as a storyteller, and I don't feel bound by being just a singer or… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
If having a story that's compelling - you want to know what will happen - is traditional, then ultimately I am a… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous,… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
To me, to spend all the time and energy and face all those creative challenges that you would spend for a two… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
You can't plan for people to like your movies. I knew that people were not going to run in droves to the… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
Well, I think “likability” is an overused word. I don’t watch people 'cause I like them; I watch them because they’re compelling.… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
The point of recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony unleashes one of the most horrifyingly violent episodes in the… — Susan McClary Copy Share Image
Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America's energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to… — Barry Bergdoll Copy Share Image
I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York ...… — Minoru Yamasaki Copy Share Image
For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
From my student days I found him a compelling and fascinating, though often puzzling, figure. It's a lifelong fascination now and I… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Jane Kindred’s THE HOUSE OF ARKHANGEL'SK dazzles with its surreal blending of worlds. Lost angel Anazakia, last survivor of her murdered family,… — Lynn Flewelling Copy Share Image
I want stuff to play as wide as possible. I want to be able to see... if I could play the whole… — David Fincher Copy Share Image
Everything is more compelling when you talk like a human being, when you talk like yourself. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life. — Lizette Woodworth Reese Copy Share Image
I think there's still room for compelling voices to build up and get a great following. — Norman Pearlstine Copy Share Image
What is compelling with 'War Horse' is the jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring craftsmanship in this movie. — Stacey Snider Copy Share Image
Whether you know Jack Ryan or you don't know Jack Ryan, he's a compelling person to spend time with. — David Barron Copy Share Image
... no compelling data to support its anachronistic social Darwinism. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
