Stories Quotes · Page 439

I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion…

— Guy Pearce

I've got to be out doing a million things. That's how I find stories. That's how I get the relationships and get…

— Dana Brunetti

Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like is largely a…

— Eric Hoffer

There's nothing to catch up on. You came, you saw, you scored, you left. End of story.

— Jeaniene Frost

The freedom of patient speech is necessary if the doctor is to get clues about the medical enigma before him. If the…

— Anonymous

For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the…

— Amy Bloom

I think I technically learned some things, hopefully. But I go to the movies for characters and story and a berserk vision.

— John Waters

I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't…

— Grete Waitz

Aurelie Sheehan's absorbing stories have depth miles beneath their compelling surface. They radiate a wisdom, beauty and originality rare in contemporary fiction.

— Frederic Tuten

The makers of the short story have rarely been good novelists.

— V. S. Pritchett

I was hugely formed by stories I was told as a child whether that was in a book, the cinema, theatre or…

— David Tennant

If you ask around, it's pretty easy to find someone who has a bank account overdraft horror story to tell.

— Carolyn Maloney

[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was…

— Maria V. Snyder

The trouble with magic is that there's too much it just can't fix. When things go wrong, glimpsing junkyard faerie and crows…

— Charles de Lint

I like it that they [disciples] feed me and pay for my clothes and protect me. And in return I will do…

— Colm Toibin

Stories about food are stories about us-our history and our values.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

To tell a strong story with real taste of an epic tragedy needs great actors.

— Luiz Bolognesi

In my teaching, I try to expose my students to the widest range of aesthetic possibilities, so I'll offer them stories from…

— Chang-Rae Lee

The best anyone can do is breathe in, breathe out and wait for it to pass.

— Marian Keyes

Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories,…

— Casey Kasem

Goldie [Hawn] is one of the sharpest ladies I've ever worked with. She doesn't miss a thing. She's my greatest audience. She…

— Burt Reynolds

What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own…

— Harlan Coben

You know, 'Project Runway' was a really special show, and we had a great five seasons with it. We loved that show,…

— Andy Cohen

Everyone who tells a story tells it differently, just to remind us that everybody sees it differently. Some people say there are…

— Jeanette Winterson

I want studios that make story-based games to start taking their stories more seriously. And that doesn't mean hiring a big shot…

— Neil Druckmann

When someone doesn't show up, the people who wait sometimes tell stories about what might have happened and come to half believe…

— Rebecca Solnit

I care more about making sure the story is correct and the characters are behaving in character than I do about the…

— Michael Schur

We like things to be black or white, tall or short, here or there. We like to consider two sides to every…

— Barry Leiba

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

— Annie Proulx

Wanting to know absolutely what a story is about, and to be able to say it in a few sentences, is dangerous:…

— Andre Dubus

The first step to finding a God-written love story is handing the pen to the true Author of romance.

— Leslie Ludy

We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And…

— John Steinbeck

Antonio Bolivar Salvador has an incredible story because he's one of the last Ocaina people left. The Ocaina people are - and…

— Ciro Guerra

None of us know where our stories come from. That's why writers make fun of people who ask us where we get…

— Neil Gaiman

With family dramas, it's hard to keep those stories alive.

— Emily VanCamp

I think you tell the story that has to be told. You tell the story that's the truth. You tell the story…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

When you're telling stories, you are actually trying to illuminate some portion of the truth in an artful way. The story may…

— Christopher Moore

So ultimately I am looking for a story that has some value and is important and is entertaining.

— Chad Lowe

Seeing a woman's child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how…

— John Crowley

Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

— Finley Peter Dunne