The thing is that I don't normally think in terms of manga when I'm writing. Sounds odd from someone who has is… — Sean Michael Wilson Copy Share Image
If we are to use our tools in the service of fitting in on Earth, our basic relationship to nature--even the story… — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they're… — Marshall Ganz Copy Share Image
While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
The psychological detective story in "Equus" made Peter Shaffer's name as a playwright. But it was his next play, "Amadeus," that cemented… — Bob Mondello Copy Share Image
We are born perfect, and we will die perfect. The problem is that we create that character in our story that we… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
Taika [Waititi] came up... We kind of had and we sort of named this girl Moana, named after the ocean. And we… — Ron Clements Copy Share Image
I thought I could capture the stories of the city on paper. I thought I could write about the horrors of the… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
I never start with the story first, which is maybe obvious, because the narrative line of my films is really not that… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Our family has made its livelihood from the land, digging trenches for hundreds of miles cross-country. You could say this is a… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
We all need mantras, I guess - stories we tell ourselves to keep us going. — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story. — Rachel Griffiths Copy Share Image
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It still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions. — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
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As an actor, that's the best thing you can do, really take people along on a story and tell them something. — Austin Peck Copy Share Image
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For me, "Zoo" has always been a fable. It has nothing to do with realism. It's a fable about what man is… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
We photograph things in order to drive them out of our minds. My stories are a way of shutting my eyes. — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
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had two smaller scripts that I had written with full black casts. And people loved the scripts, but nobody would fund them.… — Joe Robert Cole Copy Share Image
Scientists have no agreed theory of the origin of life - plenty of scenarios, conjectures and just-so stories, but nothing with solid… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
I went to Paris in 1989 when the Americans didn't quite know what to do with me at first. Now, all those… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
It's almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in the Dark. There's a real… — Christian Slater Copy Share Image
We are so programmed to feel that our emotions are the most important thing in the Universe...We write, produce and act in… — Krishna Das Copy Share Image
A Crime So Monstrous is a remarkably brave and unflinching piece of reportage and storytelling. Ben Skinner bears witness, sharing stories so… — Alex Kotlowitz Copy Share Image
The lovers enter into a story together - "this how we met, this is how we were meant for each other" -… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for… — Uwe Boll Copy Share Image
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