Stories Quotes · Page 104

Eventually, I think cinematography for every culture is a way to explore different stories, different ways of also delivering a story.

— Violante Placido

Already when I was very young, I was a fabulador. I loved to give my own version of stories that everybody already…

— Pedro Almodovar

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

— Jane Smiley

Each time there is a news story, sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn into criminals.

— Nicolas Sarkozy

The first thing we see about a short story is its mystery. And in the best short stories, we return at the…

— Eudora Welty

I've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently.

— Isabel Allende

Fairy tales read before bed tend to make me dream. They're all quite violent stories, as are my dreams.

— Glen Duncan

When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director.

— Eli Roth

The thing about this business is that you always end up finding these amazing stories and these amazing people who make amazing…

— Madhur Mittal

Children and teenagers don't easily relate to stories about kings and dukes, and to tell only stories about kings and dukes is…

— Tim Crouch

If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write…

— Charles Baxter

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and…

— Penelope Lively

In writing practice, there's no direction. You enter your own mind and follow it where it takes you. We have a great…

— Natalie Goldberg

At the end of the day, my life isn't about other people's work. I've got to stop giving stuff away. I've got…

— Paddy Considine

I think I'm enjoying writing for me.I know what's in my head, so there's a little less margin for error, but I…

— David Finch

The Things That Matter convincingly lays out Nate Berkus’s philosophy that things do matter. Our homes tell our stories, they reflect the…

— Nate Berkus

The Wizard Of Oz" has secrets that are just too much. Or "Peter Pan" – the whole 'lost boys' thing is just…

— Michael Jackson

I had full access to the material, and had a great relationship with Sean Bailey, the president of Disney productions. He really…

— Roger Ross Williams

There are certain aspects of celebrity that I understand, although that's not the main point of the story [in Assassination of Jesse…

— Brad Pitt

That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well…

— Barack Obama

I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing…

— Donald Miller

Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows…

— Chuck Palahniuk

When one part of the brain makes a choice, other parts can quickly invent a story to explain why. If you show…

— David Eagleman

While Max appears to greatly admire Wallace as a writer and feel compassion for him as a man, he is never starry-eyed,…

— Elissa Schappell

I don't want to put 12 singles on an album. I want to make a story, a little movie.

— Zedd

I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own…

— Stephen Daldry

Use every customer point of contact to weave stories about who you are and what your brand stands for.

— Gary Vaynerchuk

“It isn't about knowing the most stories, child. It is about carrying the ones that are most important and passing them along.”

— Ishmael Beah

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.

— PJ Harvey

The only purpose of the visuals, in any film, is to serve the story.

— Don Hertzfeldt

Because here's the thing about a book: when you pick up a story, you put down your own.

— Holly Smale

The story of a poor man's life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.

— Aravind Adiga

I love characters songs and I love to fit into a story. I love singing through a character's journey.

— Katie Finneran

Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and…

— Zoe Kravitz

Behind every myth lies a truth; beyond every legend is reality, as radiant (sometimes as chilling) as the story itself.

— Phyllis McGinley

“Stories wait, my little lord, and when you come back to them, why, there they are,”

— George R.R. Martin

Every life comes with a story ... and a possibility for a great adventure.

— Kobi Yamada

The Word God wastes nothing and He heals two broken hearts with one story - the reader and the writer.

— Ann Voskamp

“The stories we can tell each other have no beginning and ending. They”

— RachelNaomi Remen

Ayame: This concludes my wonderful story. Kyo Sohma: You mean stupid!

— Natsuki Takaya