From earliest times, humans - explorers and thinkers - have wanted to figure out the shape of their world. Forever, the way… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
I'll find something in what I read that snags my imagination in emotional terms; it resonates with me for reasons more complicated… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
In general, teaching writing makes me a far better reader because there's so many ways to write a good sentence or a… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
'Downton Abbey' didn't have the impact it had just because it was a good story about people. It was something about that… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
There's a late-night scene in every town, and everyone has something going on, ... I've heard good stories about (Syracuse); this is… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
Humans know when it's not a good story. Unless you do this for a living, you may not know exactly why you… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
There's nothing in the world like buried treasure-and people hungry and obsessed enough to risk their lives for it. Pirate Hunters isn't… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
Any good story can galvanize a person, make him/her think about things a different way, reassess their own motives and needs, but… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
I have no skills. I mean, I can make jokes, I'm pretty good at talking to people on the Judge John Hodgman… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Life on earth is such a good story you cannot afford to miss the beginning... Beneath our superficial differences we are all… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
Another strand of my writing is the importance of the idea. If you think about fiction writing as a spectrum, where at… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
I think in telling a good story there has to be ups and downs with any character, and you can't just have… — Chris Sullivan Copy Share Image
It's so pretentious, but I believe that with comedy, if you have a good story, 90% of it is casting. Once you… — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily… — Joyce Thompson Copy Share Image
When you're embarking on a piece of writing, the anxiety is just too much, especially when you're young and you're trying to… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better… — John Irving Copy Share Image
What a story is, is devious. It pretends transparency, forthrightness. It engages with ordinary people, ordinary matters, recognizable stuff. But this is… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
It is my writing dilemma. The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world,… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make… — Ronny Cox Copy Share Image
I just love films and any time you get to see a film with a good story, no matter how much money… — Olafur Darri Olafsson Copy Share Image
To be completely honest, I just like whatever tells a good story. Put me in whatever setting, scenario, genre. If you're telling… — Drew Roy Copy Share Image
The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting.… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his… — James Payn Copy Share Image
You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I have been sent three or four scripts for television series, but there wasn't anything I really wanted to do. I want… — Jorge Garcia Copy Share Image
I'm just looking as always for something that's stimulating and I hope to find a good story that's a challenge, whether it's… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
First a piece of Irish wisdom: you should always listen to a bookie. For they have a saying, 'Money tells a good… — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powerful story. You… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
