I was born an ugly duckling due to my mother's ill health. She wasn't supposed to be pregnant, there were all kinds… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
We live in stories. What we are is stories. We do things because of what is called character, and our character is… — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
The video game market is huge, and the ability to tell stories, and tell different kinds of stories in the gaming space… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
The camera follows a young woman as she makes her way through the stands to an area set aside for repentance and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
You have formal rehearsal, a lot of things you don't have in movies - which is, you have to formally rehearse. You… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I think if the content is good and the content is interesting, the at home viewer will watch it for as long… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
I have an association that director means total authority. Director means they will never let you down. Director means just trust them… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
The roots of Silicon Valley are full of stories of immigrants and minority groups who experienced bigotry and made it anyway. Why… — Sarah Lacy Copy Share Image
Making movies can actually be quite boring, there's a lot of sitting around and waiting. Unless you really believe in the story… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
she braided my sister's hair with hands that smelled deep roots buried in the earth she told me the old stories how… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Life, like any other exciting story, is bound to have painful and scary parts, boring and depressing parts, but it's a brilliant… — Bo Lozoff Copy Share Image
For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story. — Cristina Saralegui Copy Share Image
Every story about Oprah Winfrey Network was that it was struggling.I literally had a come-to-Jesus meeting with myself to say, 'Lord, what… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
In every take, that you're not sure of what they're going to cut and paste together and what the arc or the… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
I really loved the story. I originally read for Walt Longmire. He is obviously a very dynamic, strong, manly man that almost… — Bailey Chase Copy Share Image
The prodigy who fades is an old story. But the prodigy who sets a high mark when young and then hits that… — John Baird Copy Share Image
People who read are people who dream, and we connect through the stories we live and tell and read. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
But the truth is that no person ever understands another, from beginning to end of life, there is no truth that can… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The story was a sleeping girl in a narrow bed Dark hair thick and wild and twisted like seaweed across the pillow...… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I've been with the project for like three years: creating it, pushing it. [There] becomes a certain doubt when you're pitching this… — Steven Caple Jr Copy Share Image
So in the drafting process, whenever I would discover something about what my character wanted or didn't want, I immediately just wanted… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
The world of religion isn't a logical world; that's why children like it. It's a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to… — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
I think writer is a word without gender, and a good writer observes, absorbs, hopefully empathizes then translates that into character and… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression. — Clara Hughes Copy Share Image
While my stories are experimental, they're also very traditional. I love the works of the great Russian writers like [Pavel] Chekhov and… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
I believe with an extreme story the closer you look the more horrifying it gets. — Susanne Wuest Copy Share Image
I will be in Melbourne, Florida, and I just heard the crowds are massive that want to be there. I turn on… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories... We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
For me, writing stories is one way of feeling connected to the universe and God. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
Whether as victim, demon, or hero, the industrial worker of the past century filled the public imagination in books, movies, news stories,… — George Packer Copy Share Image
...along with the other animals, the stones, the trees, and the clouds, we ourselves are characters within a huge story that is… — David Abram Copy Share Image
Animation is a fascinating area from an acting point of view because it's not really like anything else because you are only… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
Seeing 'Pretty Little Liars' fans adapt and create their own stories is both exciting and flattering, and I think what Amazon Publishing… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
You do not preach and encourage hatred for the Negro and hope to restrict it to that field. It is an old,… — Ralph McGill Copy Share Image
Famous pivot stories are often failures but you don't need to fail before you pivot. All a pivot is is a change… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
![“You have formal rehearsal, a lot of things you don't have in movies - which is, you have to formally rehearse. You have to know your back story, discuss it, and almost everybody onstage has to know each other's [story], so that when it comes time to actually do it, you can throw it all away…” quote by Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/af2/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_formal_you-have-formal-rehearsal-a-lot-of-thing_2869500.jpg)
![“I've been with the project for like three years: creating it, pushing it. [There] becomes a certain doubt when you're pitching this story to people. ["The Land" is] a cautionary tale. It's not the brightest or best ending to a film when you're telling a cautionary tale about four kids, kids who…” quote by Steven Caple Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9c9/steven-caple-jr-49791_cautionary-tales_i-ve-been-with-the-project-for-like-thre_2872134.jpg)
![“While my stories are experimental, they're also very traditional. I love the works of the great Russian writers like [Pavel] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolstoy, and their ability to portray our human struggles and joys.” quote by Alexander Weinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c1a/alexander-weinstein-17341_ability_while-my-stories-are-experimental-they-r_2873313.jpg)
