Michelle and I don't want anyone telling us who our family's doctor should be - and no one should decide that for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm. — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
[Peter Pan] has never broken his terrible habit of eavesdropping. So, maybe that wasn't the rustle of pages you heard while this… — Geraldine McCaughrean Copy Share Image
What's cool is that in the story of the movie [The Hangover] our characters are also really kind of getting to know… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
It was a very emotional dinner. Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried… — Lil' Kim Copy Share Image
Self-trust is so important. When you launch on a story, make your neck loose, feel free, good-natured. And be lazy. Feel that… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people… — Bille August Copy Share Image
A lot of times you'll hear horror stories about actors being incredibly selfish and only wanting themselves to shine, but for me,… — Mekhi Phifer Copy Share Image
Sometimes an old idea gets relegated to the back of the line in the mad delight of a new idea, one you've… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Also, worldbuilding touches all aspects of your story. It touches plot and character as well. If you don't know the culture your… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I am going to tell a story now, and though I've made a life out of writing words, this is the first… — Dexter Palmer Copy Share Image
This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Sometimes if you've got a story that's interesting enough, you don't need to pour sugar on ice cream. The ice cream is… — Paul Schneider Copy Share Image
Everybody has a story. And there's something to be learned from every experience. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I know that with consecration on the part of believers, separation from the world, disentanglement from enslaving sins, and a mighty baptism… — Abbott Eliot Kittredge Copy Share Image
When I returned to short stories, I'd started working on what is still central to much of what I try to do:… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
After having read a lot of fiction, literature, whatever you want to call it, from Wolfe to Houellebecq, I think you have… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“ The Prodigal Son They gave the deep end of their heart--a hue of crimson red, They whispered their desire and offered… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love different sorts of people, their stories, all the different facets, that make them, them. This is entwined with how I… — Gemma Cairney Copy Share Image
We grew out of the superhero comics, but we still liked comics, so we started putting our own experiences in the stories… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When my sister and I were very young, my father used to tell us fairy stories that he'd made up. My mother… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
The future is itself a story, and predictions are stories we tell to amaze ourselves, to give hope to the desperate, to… — David Remnick Copy Share Image