I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
I get a lot of people complaining about my ambiguity, often in cases which there is nothing ambigous at all. As far… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species. And it’s no wonder. We’re storytellers, and what could be more grand… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
We don’t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
No one person can take credit for the success of a motion picture. It's strictly a team effort. From the time the… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form,… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
When you focus upon lack in an attitude of complaining, you establish a vibrational point of attraction that then gives you access… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don't… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I can’t explain how it is I keep having new ideas. But one book inevitably follows another. It is my way of… — Virginia Hamilton Copy Share Image
I was hired to do as many Boy Commando, Newsboy Legion, and Sandman stories as I could. — Gil Kane Copy Share Image
We're not really brought up in a culture where we believe we're meant to be happy, that peace is our birthright. It's… — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
Religion has what is EASILY the greatest bullshit story of all time. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
To err is to wander, and wandering is the way we discover the world; and, lost in thought, it is also the… — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
A book suggests a whole world and story that I could have never thought of in a million years. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Mortimer's face twisted when the Piper pressed his knife against his ribs. Oh yes, he's obviously made the wrong enemies in this… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
It makes sense that that's part of the story and everything, but that's part of any story of any record - where… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Long before writing, people were telling each other stories and the audiobook goes all the way back to that tradition. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
We only have one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I like stories that have a social impact and social attributes to them. That's the whole reason we make films: to broaden… — Djimon Hounsou Copy Share Image
I think there's always been a traditionally apocalyptic side to British science fiction, from H.G. Wells onwards. I mean, most of Wells'… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“We tell our stories, especially as young people, in part because we want them to be true. We want life to be… — Dana Frank Copy Share Image
We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our… — John Frederick Nims Copy Share Image
“In the book of Alma is a story that has fascinated e since I first read it. it is about a very… — Marjorie Pay Hinckley Copy Share Image
Because my dad's Chinese-American, and they're very concrete, he said, 'There's no money to be made in literature.' So he told me… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then… — David Cross Copy Share Image
Surrender is surrender to this moment, not to a story through which you interpret this moment and then try to resign yourself… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The firelight magnified our shadows, glinted off the silver, flickered high upon the walls; its reflection roared orange in the windowpanes as… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“It is a long journey, not just as a writer, but as a human being. Take nothing and no one for granted,… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
The true story is vicious and multiple and untrue after all. Why do you need it? Don’t ever ask for the true… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Imagine what it would be like if you didn't know that the evening news was funded primarily by 'Big Pharma.' You would… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
As a kid I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidently underwater… — David Blaine Copy Share Image
I think it can be incredibly powerful for a teen to be able to put their story out there for others to… — Deborah Reber Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I… — Vanessa Hudgens Copy Share Image
