My stories always have these twisted happy endings, and the boy always gets the girl. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical detail all… — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
Crime stories are often sensationalized. They can provoke lower standards. — David Grann Copy Share Image
It is always a tense moment for an author to see how someone hasillustrated his or her story, because the author has… — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
I think it's very improtant and healthy to tell differnt stories than the corporatist narratives we are being asked to swallow hook,… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
Soros and the Tides Foundation have been trying to indoctrinate our kids. Do you remember that stupid - what was the name… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
I don't have to worry about writing jokes. I just tell stories about things that have happened to me. As long as… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later. — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“I am drawn mostly, insistently to the human voice. How powerful and necessary the solo voice, the experience of being someone, something… — Ander Monson Copy Share Image
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I love touring, I love making records, but eventually all I want...I want to score. I want people to ask me to… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I was also thinking about isolation on an evolutionary scale as well, like when you think of an island like Madagascar where… — Colin Stetson Copy Share Image
“I began to wonder if he was not very consciously and deliberately choosing particular chapters of his life to tell, in order… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Like any classic you hope to get rid of all the varnish that's built up over the centuries where people expect it… — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
Every child deserves to see themselves in stories they can enjoy, but it isn't the place of white people to decide how… — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
Once upon a time . . .” “In the beginning was . . .” That’s the way it always starts off. Every… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
I've done a number of things in the spirit of employee motivation. I tend to be a storyteller and a student of… — Brad D. Smith Copy Share Image
Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Every story I read about Google is about us vs some other company, or something else, and I really don't find that… — Larry Page Copy Share Image
Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Journalism and the questions of journalistic ethics, and why certain stories are put on the air, when, how and for what reasons,… — Thomas Sadoski Copy Share Image
Whoever wants to tell a variety of stories ought to have a variety of beginnings. — Marie de France Copy Share Image
And all the trips you know you missed And all the lips you never kissed Cut through you like a knife. And… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White is remarkable for its truth-telling about two important issues concerning Alabama's past and present: the… — Sena Jeter Naslund Copy Share Image
To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When you combine a media - bent on exploiting tabloid-type stories to boost ratings and circulation by innuendo and titillation - with… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It had always fascinated him that she'd consumed so many words, that her head was full of stories, told a thousand different… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I'm a hopeless romantic. I consider myself a realistic person who usually finds stories from real life people. — Mabel Cheung Copy Share Image
Well, it [evolution] is a theory, it is a scientific theory only, and it has in recent years been challenged in the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In Businessweek magazine, they did a story a while ago about one of the ten things that the Chinese most want. One… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image