Stories Quotes · Page 698

People don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information…

— Jonah Berger

There are a range of women not represented in the Western fairy tale tradition. Husband-beaters are particularly interesting, as well as male…

— Marina Warner

Take a brilliant, creative social scientist, without any respect for conventional wisdom and you get Ellen Langer. She is a fantastic storyteller,…

— Dan Ariely

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Lyrics have got to be simple and catchy. A hook is more important than an overall concept or story.

— Galcher Lustwerk

I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I…

— Kate Bush

Having done a lot of magazines, I'm very curious how big magazines handle big stories, and I was very curious to see…

— David Carson

A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.

— Rupert Holmes

“And yet, wasn't the terrific thing about stories the fact that they joined readers together, that they made people realize they were…

— Adam Langer

“The library is full of stories of supposed triumphs which makes me very suspicious of it. It's misleading for people to read…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Remember the guy in the 80s walking around with a boombox on his shoulder? Why'd he do that? Because it told a…

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Eric Peters is a chronicler of his journey; he's been a faithful steward of the story God is telling through him, and…

— Andrew Peterson

Justin Hermann is one of the best new voices in short fiction-deep and entertaining as hell, with many funny lines, unexpected turns…

— Josip Novakovich

“She didn't look up, her gaze focused entirely on the paper before her as she drew what looked like a wing. He…

— Melanie Dobson

I believe there's plenty of market for each; we're talking about an ecosystem that is going to support billions of devices, so…

— Aaron Levie

Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, but it has really afforded us the ability to cover stories from locations we…

— Anonymous

I have known I wanted to be a writer since I was seven-years-old. Seriously. In the second grade I wrote a 21-page…

— Renee Watson

Blasting the music,Sit in the corner with thoughts,Close my eyes, cover my ears,and realizing everything I've done, over thinking and opened my…

— Jazzy

Hillary [Clinton] has a resume. What is the story in Hillary's resume? Four dead in Benghazi, illegal emails, trafficking in classified information.…

— Rush Limbaugh

Life's a freaking mess. In fact, I'm going to tell Sarah we need to start a new philosophical movement: messessentialism instead of…

— Jandy Nelson

It is through hearing stories about wicked stepmothers, lost children, good but misguided kings, wolves that suckle twin boys, youngest sons who…

— Alasdair MacIntyre

I love telling stories. And even in single images, I tend to have stories inside them. I've always loved film, but I…

— Dave McKean

So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.

— Flannery O'Connor

I have always been infatuated with country music. Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories. I said that…

— R. Kelly

I remember hearing a good story about Jack Nicholson working with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining [1980]. Nicholson was saying that, as…

— Owen Wilson