Stories Quotes · Page 99

The Republicans have never had, in their story - conservatives, either, have never had... I'm talking this in a media context, now.…

— Rush Limbaugh

I am still attracted to stories about people who are considered to be on the outside of society. I still seek inspiration…

— Mira Nair

Recently I read the stories I wrote in my early 20s, to put in a volume. And here is this brittle young…

— Anne Enright

I felt that if others can overcome incredible challenges to be in shape, why would my story be any different?

— Maria Kang

So many stories are determined before they start.

— Lionel Shriver

The second book, which was probably more from a professional standpoint - when I read Junot Díaz's Drown, I was like, Oh…

— Matt de la Pena

I figured if I could put together being funny about stuff and actual events, maybe I could do something that wasn't being…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The road has been viewed as a male turf. If you think of the classic "Odyssey," of, you know, classical literature or…

— Gloria Steinem

Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing…

— Chinua Achebe

I don't think I'd want to sit down and listen to people's stories all day long.

— Joan Severance

Now scarcely a week goes by without a news story about the cops swooping down on some adolescent prowler who is as…

— Russell Baker

The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to…

— Pamela Stephenson

The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout.

— Julio Cortazar

What's compelling about the story and what's very honest about the story is that it's very real and it's happening. There are…

— Michelle Monaghan

Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre…

— J. Michael Straczynski

What's so valuable about HBO is they tell stories. We learn from stories.

— Gloria Steinem

“Storytelling always changes time.”

— Stephen King

Even on health care what you've seen is a lot of stories surfacing lately about people who said, "Well, I voted for…

— Barack Obama

We didn't create the culture of film. We certainly market it better than anyone in the world, but film could have happened…

— David Simon

We read literature for a lot of reasons, but two of the most compelling ones are to get out of ourselves and…

— Maureen Corrigan

I dont have a favorite genre. I love to work and live vicariously through every character. Its all about trying to bring…

— Catherine Mary Stewart

I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy.

— Ruskin Bond

It's hard not to be enthusiastic when you like what you're doing and I love what I do. I love writing stories,…

— Stan Lee

I was writing a story, 'The Artistic Career of Corky,' about two young men, Bertie Wooster and his friend Corky, getting into…

— P. G. Wodehouse

Most of Ayn Rand's major characters are already formed at the start of the stories.

— Jeff Britting

I think I'm someone who can prattle on a long time about something, which serves me well as a novelist, but it's…

— Maggie Shipstead

all stories are like those about the creation of the universe, no one was there, no one witnessed anything, yet everyone knows…

— Jose Saramago

I'm perfectly proud of the work I did, looking back at it. I know I've had a bit of a revision since…

— Colin Baker

There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I’m almost 9,000 days down. There are no warm-ups,…

— Drew Houston

Criticism and rejection are not personal insults, but your artistic component will not know that. It will quiver and wince and run…

— Dorothea Brande

When you hire that first person, then you're a boss. You've got performance reviews. You've got complaints about not making enough money.…

— Scott Adams

You hear terrible stories because there'll be a story about some terrible kid, but most of the kids I work with are…

— Rafe Esquith

You know so many documentaries now are very carefully scripted before you start, and then people are sort of put in chairs…

— Nick Broomfield

I'm just worried that the technology I invented in that story ["The Pyramid and the Ass" ] will become real, and George…

— Alexander Weinstein

I scrambled to the top of the precipice where Nick was waiting. "That was fun," I said. "You bet it was," said…

— Jack Handey

It’s just that you go so crazy being alone like that. Sometimes he’d forget my water or food and I’d cry and…

— Holly Black

I think that the joke and the ghost story both have a similar set up in that you kind of set something…

— Simon Pegg

During the game, we never sit down. Not only is there action on the field, but we also have to cover the…

— Megan Alexander

You hear stories like that of Canadians trying to get in, but when you go back home, you don't expect that.

— Caroline Dhavernas

The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story.

— C. S. Lewis