No reporter worth his buttons will let the facts intrude on a good story. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
I think you've all heard my story about my daughter and how we felt Children's Hospital saved her life when she was… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I am writing graffiti on your body. I am drawing the story of how hard we tried. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Maybe if people can't have an end to their suffering, the next thing they seek for is to know why they suffer.… — Matthew J. Kirby Copy Share Image
A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens-second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
I do not often follow my characters off on tangents or change my story on a whim. I have an outline which… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
Make your life a story worth telling. You only get one shot at this existence, and one day when you’re gone the… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
Here is why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak so I listen very well. I never… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
If everything that is happening in the world is traceable to our inability to understand what is happening in the world. If… — Gerald Hausman Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely flooded with a raucous energy to get out into the world and tell my story again. I feel like this… — David Gray Copy Share Image
They [Fairy Tales] are talking about real emotions, telling true stories, through the medium of metaphor. People used to understand metaphor better… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
What has always surprised me when I walk into a bookstore is the number of books that you can find that are… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
When we feel pressured to have achieved certain things by a particular age, it could ultimately hinder us. It's great to have… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
The human race has always defined itself through narration. That isn't going to change just because we've gone electronic. What is changing… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Basically, I see myself as a maker of things who knows how to support other makers of things. At the end of… — Mark Kassen Copy Share Image
It's not always expected of filmmakers to do stereotyped stories. But one has to be willing to travel to festivals and hook… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
When I read, I hear what's on the page. I don't know whose voice it is, but some voice is reading to… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I grew up with probably three different authors having a seminal influence on my childhood, Dr. Seuss being one and Maurice Sendak… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature; it is a hallucinatory presence… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music. — Anthony Davis Copy Share Image
There are astonishing stories of heroism not only in preventing bloodshed, but in building understanding which lasts. — Scilla Elworthy Copy Share Image
I was always directing; even back when I started on stage. I was always throwing out ideas. I just love creating stories… — Mike Mayhall Copy Share Image
As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
You know, not every good book needs to be a movie, or a television series, or a video game. There's great work… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
A story without context is like a diamond without a mounting. The stone may be beautiful lying loose on a table, but… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
No matter what happens, the world can be pretty ridiculous and people be pretty ridiculous, but how would you react? That's an… — Steve Dildarian Copy Share Image
The inflections of community are important because they get at the very meanings of marriage. Marriage is a gift God gives the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No story ever looks as bad as the story you've just bought; no story ever looks as good as the story the… — Irving Thalberg Copy Share Image
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