Before I begin a novel I have a strong sense of at least one central character and how the story begins, and… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Some things definitely work better on film than in books. Introspection is great in books but it doesn't work on film. Anything… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The point is, stories can be all lengths. Never underestimate the power of “less is more. — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy… — C. J. Box Copy Share Image
News media stimulate bubbles, since stories about them boost their audience. — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
I approach stories as a private educational enterprise: I want to learn about something. I teach myself through research, reporting, and thinking,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone -… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
It's real easy for me to write a lot of stories. I just go and I live through something, and I go… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at… — Linn Ullmann Copy Share Image
“Good fiction writers have an instinctive understanding of human nature. That's what makes stories and characters captivating. Good spiritual writers share what… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
Everything before Jesus is preface. Everything after Jesus is appendix. Jesus is the story. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
The story [of the Sacrifice of Isaac ] is much more a part of theology than of history. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Historically, opportunity has been afforded to a limited pool of people, excluding people of color and women. That doesn't diminish the talent… — Joe Robert Cole Copy Share Image
I've been an inveterate reader of literary magazines since I was a teenager. There are always discoveries. You're sitting in your easy… — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
I do think students in public school (and private) should be required to study the Bible. [...] As a matter of pure… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
You can't regret a whole period in your life. . . . It's part of who you are, one of your stories. — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
I know what you're thinking - that anybody with proper sensitive feelings would rather scrub floors for a living. But I should… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
The notion that a story has a message assumes that it can be reduced to a few abstract words, neatly summarized in… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so… — Robert Knepper Copy Share Image
Heather A. Slomski's stories are downright addictive. I kept promising myself to turn off the light after just one more, and then… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
I think a story is an attention grabber. I think it's a truth conveyor. Those are two great features of a good… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
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