My craziest on-set story comes from during the Goonies, when I came up to Spielberg and said that I wanted to climb… — Josh Brolin Copy Share Image
I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents. — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law? — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father's. My father… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
“Humans are a story telling species. Throughout history we have told stories to each other and ourselves as one of the ways… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
When...did it become irrational to dislike religion, any religion, even to dislike it vehemently? When did reason get redescribed as unreason? When… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
I grew up reading crime fiction mysteries, true crime - a lot of true crime - and it is traditionally a male… — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
Some people who've read my story think I had a terrible childhood and that I was neglected or even abused, while others… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
You can write when you're dyslexic, you just can't read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I remember liking to write stories pretty early on. In fourth or fifth grade, they would give us the beginning of a… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do an animated movie. I find it to be incredibly liberating as a way of telling a story. — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories. — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
It is really hard to be lonely very long in a world of words. Even if you don't have friends somewhere, you… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
Like Frankenweenie is a story about a boy and his dog, Big Fish is the story of a father and his son,… — John August Copy Share Image
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
I think movies in general should have more respect for the audience than they do. Too many films are afraid to confuse… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
That's always my ambition is to create a character out of what will help tell the story. I've never been an actor… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I read as many scripts as I can and just find stuff that I think is interesting, find stories that I think… — Liam Hemsworth Copy Share Image
My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
Well I'm not a storyteller, as far as telling stories which relate to experiences in my own life. That's not what I… — Freedy Johnston Copy Share Image
I'm definitely excited by big ideas, both in what I write and what I read. Most days, reality is so mind-numbingly dull… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
I wish I had time to do more reading, but I just haven't had much time. But I still find time for… — Youth Lagoon Copy Share Image
