Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
To the extent that I've ever understood postmodernism - and I'm sure there are people out there who do, but I'm not… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
Any girl that's in a professional setting has to have a certain amount of decorum, but there's always a different story going… — Stana Katic Copy Share Image
Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that’s overwhelmingly depressing to me,… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Real life is a story, too, only much more complicated. It’s still got a beginning, a middle, and an end. Everyone follows… — Chris Wooding Copy Share Image
A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
You usually get one or the other, you get someone who knows how to tell a story but they don't necessarily know… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I have always been interested in mythology and history. The more I read, the more I realized that there have always been… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
As long as there's one person to believe it, there's no story that can't be true. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and… — Paul McGann Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the way that I try to write my stories come from watching my mom write plays and… — Jazmine Sullivan Copy Share Image
Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Well, we try to - we definitely try to have a balance. And I think things have gotten a lot better at… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I wanted to share so I learnt how to write and… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
“Many stories begin with a dream, but it is rare when the dream is the story itself.” — K.M. Randall Copy Share Image
The last thing I want to do is having someone get behind a Montgomery Clift biopic, and then just do the first… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue. — Sofia Coppola Copy Share Image
The Cinderella story is wired for weirdness, and you can see it in this movie. — Maria Tatar Copy Share Image
American violence is public life, it's a public way of life, it became a form, a detective story form. So I should… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
