In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People wandered in for books and conversation. They brought their stories to her, some bound, and some known by heart. She recognized… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
We have the crime of the century every six months. So for people like me who enjoy, you know, taking these stories… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny choice. — John Green Copy Share Image
Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. — Erwin Knoll Copy Share Image
The Amazons is a stupendous achievement--a long-anticipated centerpiece in the great puzzle of humankind. The story of these forbidden women, silenced for… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
When the dialogue is on point and I feel like the overall story and message is really serving something that's socially progressive,… — Kofi Siriboe Copy Share Image
From Shakespeare to Robi Thakur, everyone has written stories about people and incidents around them. There is no creativity minus reality irrespective… — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
In Holland and Spain and France, where so many of us come from, people aren't interested in the sex lives of their… — Dennis Bergkamp Copy Share Image
My theory is, I don't know how long it's going to be, five or ten years, there will be only two ways… — Eric Fellner Copy Share Image
There's a Grand Designer behind everything. Your life is not a result of random chance, fate, or luck. There is a master… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves. — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Badfinger was pretty good. It was a very sad story, though, because the guy, he ended up killing himself, Pete Ham, who… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what… — William Moseley Copy Share Image
I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in half,… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
It's all about this abstract entity called the story. It's all about the best way to tell the story, and to make… — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories. — John Sayles Copy Share Image
“Stories are like DNA, they shape the culture that they’re a part of. A society is not a society without its own… — James Rozoff Copy Share Image
Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan's glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research, and an… — Debby Applegate Copy Share Image
Fiction must compete with first-rate reporting. If you cannot write a story that is equal to a factual account of battle in… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
The format of the book was the idea of my wonderful editor, Stephen Segal. Stephen and I had worked together before, on… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
Mistruths are printed as fact, in some cases, and frequently only half of a story will be told. — Michael J. Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm so excited. Jay Leno is on the show tonight. He brought some really funny jokes and some great stories. Although I'm… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Sometime during your life—in fact, very soon—you may find yourself reading a book, and you may notice that a book’s first sentence… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A story must be told in such a way that it constitutes help in itself. My grandfather was lame. Once they asked… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
The biggest problem in the fictional treatment of sex is that it's not treated as part of the story but as a… — K. M. Soehnlein Copy Share Image
I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I'm going to cut taxes big league, and you're going to raise taxes big league, end of story. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day… — Linda Lavin Copy Share Image
She put her hand on her chest. “I have magic yet. If you will set the clock working again, then I must… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I love hearing other people's stories, and I freely admit I'm scavenging for material through their conversations, but really, at the same… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
It was a wonderful experience to work with Sylvia. She pushed me to be more powerful with my acting, and she told… — Lukas Haas Copy Share Image
