Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
When I found out that Santa Claus wasn't real, I wasn't upset; rather, I was relieved that there was a much simpler… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
I'm not the go-to guy. Everybody is trying to tell their story and have different ways of telling it. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Plenty of people say my guesses about a future drought in the western U.S. (where I live and grew up) are wrong,… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
I really don't want to produce artwork that does not have meaning beyond simple decorative values. I want to use public space… — Judy Baca Copy Share Image
“I wish I’d paid better attention. I didn’t yet think of time as finite. I didn’t fully appreciate the stories she told… — Jessica Maria Tuccelli Copy Share Image
Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story...your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I think that fact alone levels everything. Slapstick amazes me, the folly of humans today, the Ponzi schemes, giving birth to eight… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
We have the opportunity now to join in the celebration of possibility, to align ourselves with the forces of life. We’ll need… — Velcrow Ripper Copy Share Image
There's something very special about knowing what you want to do and knowing the story you want to tell, but finding it… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism. — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
When I am writing I don't set a certain number of pages. I do know that the further into a script I… — Steven Zaillian Copy Share Image
Anyone involved with songwriting will testify to the fact that each song, no matter how pure or from the heart, has its… — C. Sigman Copy Share Image
Human memory awakens and extinguishes at will. It dulls and sharpens actions, enlarges and shrinks those who perform them. It humbles and… — Meir Shalev Copy Share Image
I wanted to seem completely invisible but whenever you're saying someone else's words and relaying the story of someone else's life, it's… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Before we do, I suggest you take a break. If you need to go to the bathroom, this is a good time.… — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
I see all art as a complement to telling people's stories. I'm in the storytelling business. I believe that the humanity that… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had. — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
Forget politics. The real story is the advancements being made in medicine. We're on the verge of conquering cancer and Alzheimer's and… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
I don't really like over-explaining the songs. Everyone constantly asks what the songs are about, and I think the thing is that… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
I think it is more important to tell a story rather than follow any trend; that is a less bold way to… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like… — Elena Anaya Copy Share Image
