Ash on an old man's sleeve / Is all the ash the burnt roses leave, / Dust in the air suspended /… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with — Sophie Marceau Copy Share Image
I consider myself foremost a novelist with the intent of crafting stories that people will remember. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I love the solitude of reading. I love the deep dive into someone else's story, the delicious ache of a last page. — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
“You remind me of Edgar Allan Poe's Dupin. I had no idea that such individuals did exist out of stories.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty. — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing. — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated by fairy stories, fantasy, you know, demons, necromancers, gods and goddesses, everything that is out of our kin… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
Every decade, we get a stunning collection of dynamic, heartbreaking short stories. In the past, those collections came from Barry Hannah, Mark… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Why do we capital-N Nerds love Mars so much? Because it's beautiful, it's tough, it's buried in our mythic, childhood memories. It's… — Greg Bear Copy Share Image
My students often say, 'My roommate read this story and really liked it,' and it's hard to convince them that there are… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Cars are like rolling diaries, metal and plastic and paint tableaux of the last ten years of their drivers' lives ... every… — Jim Atkinson Copy Share Image
At MTV, it's very nice sometimes to be able to be very specific. Specificity really makes a news story interesting because you… — Tabitha Soren Copy Share Image
What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
the feminine journey is a story unfolding, and its epiphanies come through real things, through tangibles like walking sticks and dreams and… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
The thing with kids is that you only get one chance to do it right. It's really important to share their gifts… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
In the entertainment industry all that anybody wants to do whether it's music or stories or dancing or comedy or whatever, they… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of Dr. Seuss's better-known work, but his fables leave me awe-struck. 'Ten Tall Tales' is a collection of… — Giles Andreae Copy Share Image
I was hugely formed by stories I was told as a child whether that was in a book, the cinema, theatre or… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
President Obama was asked not long ago to reflect on any mistakes he might have made. He said, well, 'I haven't communicated… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
She's afraid to tell me anything important, knowing I'll only turn around and write about it. In my mind, I'm like a… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the disconnect with the earth we have going relates to a deeper sickness of losing touch with our souls, our bodies,… — Frazey Ford Copy Share Image
I don't generate a storyline and then fill it out in the course of writing. The story actually generates in the course… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel... I sort of get very excited… — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on. — China Mieville Copy Share Image
It's a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He's not his dad, not his grandpa.… — Dennis Rodman Copy Share Image
Stories of a mythical angel paradise called an Angelopolis are like Peter Pan's Never Never Land. — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
Tell the truth and read story books;it will take you to the magical moment in a glory night. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
It's hard to imagine, but we cant think of HIV/AIDS as being somebody else's story. It could be any of ours. — Rihanna Copy Share Image
The Story of Solomon is the only way I know how to explain. And then, in smaller letters: Forgive me. — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I was not a natural. . . . This is the story of becoming . . . the Hard Way. — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
I seldom get into the mood of the story. It's acting. I go in, I act, I quit. I don't take anything… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
There's always more to a story than a body can see from the fenceline. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Just as with the quartet, each part of a painting is telling a different story. — Guido Molinari Copy Share Image
What I really want to do is produce. There isn’t much patience with a slow developing story line anymore. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
