I read a lot of books. So, usually when I go home I try to re-charge my batteries and absorb new stories… — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
If something I make succeeds, people say it was luck. But I don't just throw myself into the unknown. I research my… — Cosima Spender Copy Share Image
You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
I'm still learning. It's all a learning curve. Every time you sit down, with any given episode of any given show, it… — Frank Darabont Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my favorite movies were the George Pal version of 'War Of The Worlds,' 'Them,' and 'Invasion of… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
Readers tend to devour short stories on a newssheet, but would be disinclined to read them in collections — L.P. Hartley Copy Share Image
The story of the Zen Master whose only response was always "Is that so?" shows the good that comes through inner nonresistance… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I suppose everybody does get attached to characters whether in movies or in stories, but I think that's part of the reason… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
The novella is at once the most elegant and demanding form: a writer must balance the looseness of a novel with the… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I have an affection for tangible objects, like books and pages, but people sure do seem to love their Kindles! We're definitely… — Katherine Center Copy Share Image
The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
People tell stories and it's up to those who listen whether to believe or not." "Shouldn't the storyteller believe it." "The storyteller… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Judas is a reflection of anyone who ends up rejecting Jesus. It's a tragic story?not something to shake your finger at, but… — Darrell Bock Copy Share Image
Everybody has a story. It's like families. You might not know who they are, might have lost them, but they exist all… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
The inspiration is all in the script, in the text. So whatever it is, either it is a film or a book… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
And all the stories had, somewhere, the witch. The wicked old witch. And Tiffany had thought: Where's the evidence? — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have ot believe in love stories and… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with… — Gary Coleman Copy Share Image
To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
I think it's really tragic when people get serious about stuff. It's such an absurdity to take anything really seriously ... I… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Even very smart people can try to shoehorn new information that just doesn't fit into an existing paradigm.For a long time the… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
I try to turn a written thing, when I'm in trouble with it, into a spoken thing: I start imagining what I… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
Perhaps I can also add something about the rural setting of Remember You're a One-Ball! The countryside is a place - in… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I've always chosen the roles that aren't the direct lead because I like being a very poignant character in the story, rather… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
if I love something I do it, and if I don't, I don't. I think that this is the most important choice… — Lina Wertmuller Copy Share Image
I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
You weren't supposed to hear Elvis Presley. You weren't supposed to hear Jerry Lee Lewis. You weren't supposed to hear Robert Johnson.… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“It made a romantic tale. The young rouge, cheating death, returning to his grieving lover. But in reality? Ashyn had always known… — Kelly Armstrong Copy Share Image
The story [Henny-Penny] has the best opening in all literature-"The sky is falling," cried Henny-Penny, "and a piece of it fell on… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Casting is so important in horror. It's so important to have strong actors to tell a story because, if you don't believe… — Alexandre Aja Copy Share Image
When we, as young women, are given the space to read, the act becomes a happy, private corner we can return to… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
The secrets that the characters hold are held back from the audience, and that's such a delight to hold onto. When you're… — Tom Hughes Copy Share Image
Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and… — Miklos Laszlo Copy Share Image
It is terrifying to people when women step up and start owning the story that they have not owned. And I'm seeing… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
![“You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed. That is correct, Señor. It is as if ideas are made of blocks. Rigid and hard. And stories are made of a gauze that is elastic. You can almost see through it, so what is beyond is…” quote by Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a65/alice-walker-347_block_you-are-saying-are-you-not-i-said-to-man_2970096.jpg)
![“There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a bike accident and couldn't make it into the studio, and the gentleman Dave Hamlin who worked on this record along with Ohad sort of took it, rearranged it. Dave went and…” quote by Kevin Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9f9/kevin-drew-22547_accidents_there-s-an-interesting-story-around-that_2970185.jpg)
![“I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, "Geez, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool."” quote by Wayne Gretzky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/820/wayne-gretzky-4019_book_i-really-wanted-to-write-a-book-99-stori_2973740.jpg)
![“The story [Henny-Penny] has the best opening in all literature-"The sky is falling," cried Henny-Penny, "and a piece of it fell on my tail.” quote by John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eaf/john-steinbeck-71_cried_the-story-henny-penny-has-the-best-openi_2974740.jpg)
