There are things I've done in the past I'm not proud of - and I could talk about them if I wanted… — Faith Hill Copy Share Image
“Edit your manuscript until your fingers bleed and you have memorized every last word. Then, when you are certain you are on… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
How do you get the protagonists and antagonists together, in the same space, without somebody having to die? So, we ended up… — Chris Albrecht Copy Share Image
As for me, this is my story: I worked and was tortured. You know what it means to compose? No, thank God,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The father-son thing, that's a separate thing. This film [Forsaken] was not about that. This was a film about two actors wanting… — Kiefer Sutherland Copy Share Image
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will live… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories. — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
That's why they (the Bush administration) had to make up that story about weapons of mass destruction. Because that was the only… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
I had just wanted to be part of a story; I wanted to be a person who had a story to tell. — Julie Schumacher Copy Share Image
I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
The actors come in and they make characters their own and so Patrick and I have never been the kind to think… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image
We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
I was filling entire school notebooks with stories by Grade 3. Of course, they were double-spaced, and the handwriting was huge. — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
Baseball is part of America's plot, part of America's mysterious, underlying design-the plot in which we all conspire and collude, the plot… — Albert Allen Bartlett Copy Share Image
[My father] would be proud, he would hug me and he would be sitting front-row at all the events where I talk… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
The whole story of the Father's Christ-exalting plan of redeeming love, from eternity to eternity, must be told, or the radical reorientation… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
I've heard that story about kids are high naturally, but I've seen kids that aren't high, kids who've had the high taken… — Cass Elliot Copy Share Image
Sisters: talk to each other, be connected and informed, form women's circles, share your stories, work together, and take risks. Together we… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
It's much more fun as an actor, as well. If everything is on the page and you're spoon-feeding an audience you feel… — Tom Hughes Copy Share Image
Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For… — Michael J Cohen Copy Share Image
It had that comfortably sprung, lived-in look that library books with a lively circulation always get; bent page corners, a dab of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Imagery is the most important to me when singing stories. I try to paint pictures with the words and decorate with little… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[The story of Adam and Eve] it's poetry. One must interpret it as poetry. The first 11 chapters of Genesis [the Primeval… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
Action movies live and die by the story that you're trying to tell. It's hard. It's very difficult to do an action… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
He tried to reconstruct the story in his mind, but it kept getting confused, bleeding into itself like watercolors. — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I did think reviewers were supposed to be polite about story collections - collections are rather delicate creatures in the literary environment… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
The affair between Margot Asquinth and Margot Asquinth will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Marry Gentry Swallowing Darkness (Laurell K. Hamilton):Pick any fairy tale that’s based on older stories, and the heroine of the piece has… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
As the director, you have to hold in your head the widest possible vision. Not just the idea and the story, but… — Sally Potter Copy Share Image
I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered toward reverie, toward some relief… — Darin Strauss Copy Share Image
![“How do you get the protagonists and antagonists together, in the same space, without somebody having to die? So, we ended up having to tell two distinct stories, which is never the ultimate way to create a great serialized drama. So then, of course, we had the tragedy with Andy [Whitfield], which…” quote by Chris Albrecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/572/chris-albrecht-37043_antagonist_how-do-you-get-the-protagonists-and-anta_630615.jpg)
![“The father-son thing, that's a separate thing. This film [Forsaken] was not about that. This was a film about two actors wanting to try and tell a story... and taking advantage of the fact that we looked like a father and son.” quote by Kiefer Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0c6/kiefer-sutherland-8318_actors_the-father-son-thing-that-s-a-separate-t_631096.jpg)
![“[My father] would be proud, he would hug me and he would be sitting front-row at all the events where I talk to the youth about not repeating [Pablo Escobar's] story because I am a consequence of what he did and I have not changed my stance on violence since we talked about it.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b23/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_be-proud_my-father-would-be-proud-he-would-hug-me_632418.jpg)
![“[The story of Adam and Eve] it's poetry. One must interpret it as poetry. The first 11 chapters of Genesis [the Primeval History] are absolutely remarkable.” quote by Frank Moore Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2f9/frank-moore-cross-14963_adam_the-story-of-adam-and-eve-it-s-poetry-on_634404.jpg)
