The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are not merely… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The careful scholarship of the dedicated amateur mycophile R. Gordon Wasson reads like an exciting scientific detective story. Moreover, his willingness to… — Weston La Barre Copy Share Image
I learned that books could be collected, that they were important enough to keep and that a story that seemed to be… — Ramona Koval Copy Share Image
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a… — Gilda Radner Copy Share Image
History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told. — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
I've listened to music all my life. I've always felt that music tells more stories sometimes than films, with more possibilities. Every… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
In writing the new films, I’ve come to realize that AVATAR’s world, story and characters have become even richer than I anticipated,… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
You may not see massive UFO exhibits at your local science museum, but there's no dearth of saucer stories infesting my email.… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
My father is an actor, and I used to go on set to visit him. I saw the stories he was telling… — Gabriel Macht Copy Share Image
You can be writing every day. When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story. — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed,… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
I've seen my grandmothers grow old and they are so beautiful, every wrinkle in their face tells a story. I want to… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
When Paul [Greengrass] was writing, he'd send me story ideas that he had. He was particularly interested in social movements and revolutions… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
When you do a lot of interviews, you find yourself telling the same stories over and over. After you do it for… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
In the society of illusion, reality must manifest itself. The story songs of Joel Rafael are that manifestation... the essence of minstrel. — John Trudell Copy Share Image
The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
Listen carefully, be transparent, be responsive, be authentic, tell great stories-the qualities that would make you the hotshot at a party-and they'll… — Dave Kerpen Copy Share Image
I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story. — Frank Darabont Copy Share Image
“History is a funny little creature. Do you remember visiting your old Aunt that autumn when the trees shone so very yellow,… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“People put too much focus on books. Listen to stories. The stories of your peers, mentors, parents, etc. The life you're living… — Dom McLennon Copy Share Image
Dance and theatre afforded me the opportunity to discover my passion for acting, for telling stories. — Kelsey Chow Copy Share Image
I always give my students exercises where they really have to open a vein and bleed all over the paper and that's… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The same authorities who insist upon beginnings, middles, and ends, declare that Great Literature (by which they mean the stories they have… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
You know, what I like about 'The Family Tree' is it's a kitchen sink movie; you can't think of anything that it… — Dermot Mulroney Copy Share Image
I've always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
In many ways, the longer I live, I understand that there are so many things outside my control. That's why I believe… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
I disagree that Blood Will Out is a memoir in the conventional sense. It's the story of a relationship, primarily, not an… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today. — R. A. Lafferty Copy Share Image
Stories are the things that allow us to persuade each other that we're human. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, my life isn't about other people's work. I've got to stop giving stuff away. I've got… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
Eragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarí... and without meaning to, he drew from their… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I started to read short stories - by people like Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, John Updike... Eudora Welty -… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
Shoes would interfere with her conversation, for she constantly addresses the ground under her feet. Asking forgiveness. Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Broken stories can be healed. Diseased stories can be replaced by healthy ones. We are free to change the stories by which… — Daniel Taylor Copy Share Image
God is the biggest storyteller, and when we create stories, we connect with him and with each other across cultural, religious and… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
“I picked up a snake once. In Italy." "Why did you do that?" "For a bet." "Was it poisonous?" "We didn't know.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Storytelling has driven faith and religious practice, keeping them alive for millennia. Just as every hymn, icon, and stained-glass window in a… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
Each kind of story has its own problems in writing, but my main concern really is to keep the reader on his… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
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