Seriously, the Olympic badminton players were apparently trying to lose on purpose, a big story. But really, think about it, if you… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
A lot of why we become actors is to fill a void that we have and a part of that void is… — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
Frankenstein feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. It appeals to something very… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
More people need to understand the games secular liberals play. Here's one rule-of-thumb: No matter how bad a story sounds - particularly… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
But I hope I will never have a life that is not surrounded by books, by books that are bound in paper… — Rick Bragg Copy Share Image
The story of your life is really the story of the relations between yourself and God. — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
What of the Exodus? That too, is a wonderful story, but from the viewpoint of an historian, it is - to use… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Remember the story of the Spanish prisoner. For many years he was confined in a dungeon... One day it occurred to him… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who… — Jim Bishop Copy Share Image
You could pick another two people and you'd have a whole other story and that's why films about love get made and… — Jim Sturgess Copy Share Image
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes. How can… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
No one can tell you what your life is goin to be, can they? No. It's never like what you expected. Quijada… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I think training your instinct comes from writing and reading. There's no big secret. And reading slush helps, as well; I'd recommend… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
My favorite thing in the world is telling stories, and most of what I do is telling stories through music. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
The real challenge in doing a TV show is in what I would call the maintenance energy. You take that creative energy… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
As the Hindu gods are 'immortal' only in a very particular sense - for they had born and they die - they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters. — Sidney Lumet Copy Share Image
“Listen: you are not yourself, you are crowds of others, you are as leaky a vessel as was ever made, you have… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I want you to be with someone who really, really loves you. A wild love! A crazy love! I want yours to… — Lucy Robinson Copy Share Image
I've been to Washington many times over the years for stories, and it always seems remarkably the same. More the same than… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot. — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
