We are born perfect, and we will die perfect. The problem is that we create that character in our story that we… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
I love directing, It means so much to me to direct stories about subject matter that I care deeply about. I can… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their… — Julia Glass 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
My daughter had carried within her a story that kept hurting her: Her dad abandoned her. She started telling herself a new… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
My best friend and I went to sleep-away camp every summer. We'd share stories of making out with boys, but we never… — Kourtney Kardashian Copy Share Image
We must let the world know children’s stories and we must take effective protective, legal and political actions to ensure that as… — Radhika Coomaraswamy Copy Share Image
I remember when I was doing Mermaids [1990], I was 16 and they gave me a B12 shot once. My parents weren't… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
Steven Erikson is an extraordinary writer. I read Gardens of the Moon with great pleasure. And now that I have read it,… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've talked with people of stature-of military and government credentials and position-and heard their stories, and their desire to tell their stories… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
The Lord givith and the Lord takith away. I was given a lot of signs from the universe and looking at it… — Ryan Montgomery Copy Share Image
Some artists, such as Jack Kirby, need no plot at all. I mean I'll just say to Jack, "Let's let the next… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share:… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Why is there such insistence that AGW has occurred and needs drastic solutions? This is a puzzle, but my short answer is… — Don Aitkin Copy Share Image
I wish this story were different. I wish it were more civilized. I wish it showed me in a better light, if… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I think you can tilt too far to the side of the story where the message is just simply entertainment. So I… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
We didn't exactly believe your story.' Then --?' 'We believed your two hundred dollars.' 'You mean --' She seemed not to know… — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
When you are eighty years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
What differentiates the success stories from the failures is that the successful entrepreneurs had the foresight, the ability, and the tools to… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Showing young children in these communities, that there are outlets for their feelings, that there is room in a space for their… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to… — Manika Copy Share Image
[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
When I was quite young I came across a collection of [Franz] Kafka stories and read "The Judgment." I was just floored… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Perhaps we should all settle down and think about what's good in the world and what we want to do here. If… — Ursula Goodenough Copy Share Image
The last story you should write is the most important story. You should start with a story that is just an amusing,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed Eddie Bracken. He told me a great story. He did The Odd Couple on Broadway, replacing Art Carney, and… — Brent Spiner Copy Share Image
Why do you like books so much?” he asked. Miles answered without taking his face away from the window. “You never know… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
At eleven I was at the peak of my creative powers: I was writing stories and playlets, putting together poetryprojects. I was… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
In order to avoid sentimentality and to be able to write the screenplay with the kind of humor and irony necessary to… — Hirokazu Koreeda Copy Share Image
You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
It was easy to believe, between lessons on Shakespeare and Dickens and Austen, that all of the great stories had already been… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
I've always thought that one of the things that the Internet and the gaming world permits as a narrative technique is to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Men grow up expecting to be the hero of their own story. Women grow up expecting to be the supporting actress in… — Laurie Penny Copy Share Image
If I had not been successful as a director, then I'm sure I would still be telling stories. I would have continued… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
Writing a story requires you to understand how the world works, how characters think, how their emotions drive them to do surprising… — David Farland Copy Share Image
When I realized I wanted to do more writing and less traveling around the world teaching live seminars, I decided to write… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
All their life in this world and all their adventures had only been the cover and the title page: now at last… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps,… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
You don't try any less hard on the ones that don't. I've gotten lucky to work with some amazingly talented people that… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
![“I remember when I was doing Mermaids [1990], I was 16 and they gave me a B12 shot once. My parents weren't there, and when they did come, they freaked out. They were terrified, because of the Judy Garland stories. I know it's just vitamin B, but it did give you a boost.” quote by Winona Ryder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/19e/winona-ryder-1469_boost_i-remember-when-i-was-doing-mermaids-199_418259.jpg)
![“[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality: flee the stereotype; 6. compassion.” quote by Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/23f/anton-chekhov-298_absence_six-principles-that-make-for-a-good-stor_663582.jpg)
![“When I was quite young I came across a collection of [Franz] Kafka stories and read "The Judgment." I was just floored by that story. I couldn't understand it. I still don't. I'm talking about something I read more than 50 years ago. That story left a little scar on me.” quote by Stephen Greenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/550/stephen-greenblatt-10786_collections_when-i-was-quite-young-i-came-across-a-c_701892.jpg)
