Stories Quotes · Page 78

What makes humans human is precisely that they do not know the future. That is why they do the fateful and amusing…

— Lorrie Moore

I would love to make some kind of film about the witches and the Inquisitions. That would be really fun because I…

— Amy Smart

I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.

— Sarah Kay

[Cade Yeager] is like a man on the run which is fun, it's a bit of an adventure story.

— Mark Wahlberg

September 2001. A sunny day in New York. Many of us who are writers were at work on the transformation of life…

— Nadine Gordimer

I wanted to write a balls-to-the-wall supernatural horror story, something I haven't done in a long time.

— Stephen King

A romantic relationship might very well have been initiated by God, but the moment our focus moves from our Prince to a…

— Leslie Ludy

Before I could read, I remember trying to piece together the stories from the images. It was a very primal experience.

— Daniel Clowes

I don't write poetry or short stories. I don't like to write articles usually. I tend to really only want to be…

— Markus Zusak

I get a lot of inspiration from research in mythology and folklore, I find that stories people told each other thousands of…

— Cassandra Clare

Sex is important to guys. We need stories to tell our friends.

— Adam Ferrara

I think that it is very good for people to talk about their paranormal experiences and share stories about things that they…

— Rosemary Ellen Guiley

I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure…

— Stan Lee

I don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story.

— Beth Ditto

The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.

— Zhang Yimou

I've always enjoyed stories that take place in the future but my one disappointment was that the future books described never came.…

— Albert Brooks

I try very hard to tell stories and not lecture. I try to approach things as an amateur and not an expert,…

— Michael Pollan

Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the…

— Madchen Amick

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian

I never felt pressured to create more stories, but dealing with people became really aggravating.

— Tucker Max

I want to make movies - and I want to portray characters - that make people think. I want to make movies…

— Drew Waters

There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole…

— Julie Walters

If Tolstoy were alive today and working at Panopticon Insurance, he'd say that all insurance companies are the same, then throw himself…

— Paul Neilan

I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many…

— Ian Hacking

What differentiates the success stories from the failures is that the successful entrepreneurs had the foresight, the ability, and the tools to…

— Eric Ries

The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.

— Mickey Spillane

Do the stuff that only you can do. The urge, starting out, is to copy. And that's not a bad thing. Most…

— Neil Gaiman

So many times I've photographed stories that show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the…

— Sebastiao Salgado

They'll probably start working on my movie sometime... They are doing a complete movie of my life story. It will not be…

— Ike Turner

'Amores Perros' is three stories that interconnect in one moment, which is the car accident.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I am of the generation of writers who can get instant feedback from readers within hours of publication. The fan forum is…

— Michael Scott

I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem…

— Tobias Wolff

I read all these stories that I don't know anything about politics. But I must know something. I've had some good victories…

— Donald T. Regan

What I do with everything is take things out of real life. You encounter all sorts of stories. It's a lot of…

— Mark Millar

Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect…

— Sara Sheridan

Mama used to tell us a story about a cicada sitting high in a tree. It chirps and drinks in dew, oblivious…

— Lisa See

A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration.

— Isabel Allende

he beauty of this world [of comics] is there are so many stories to tell, and there's so many wonderful characters. Wonderful…

— Bruno Heller

Purdom has created a major body of work. Thoughtful, humane, intelligent, extrapolative, involving, his stories are exactly the sort of thing our…

— Michael Swanwick

We are accustomed to repeating the cliché, and to believing, that 'our most precious resource is our children.' But we have plenty…

— Michael Chabon