Unlike the novel, a short story may be, for all purposes, essential. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I just love photographing things and putting them together to tell a story. — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian. — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Listening to others does not mean you should sound like them; find your own voice by telling stories as authentically as possible. — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
News media stimulate bubbles, since stories about them boost their audience. — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Whichever character I'm using and wherever I am in my mind dictates what kind of story I'm going to tell. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What's so ironic is that CNN's doing reports on fake news, and they have someone who writes one false news story after… — Joe Scarborough Copy Share Image
I like the powerful story, the excellent performances the beautiful cinematography and the vision of the "The Piano". — Mabel Cheung Copy Share Image
As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead… — Lin Shaye Copy Share Image
Some of the screen's best moments were realized because a director went against all reason, all logic. No matter how incredible a… — Rouben Mamoulian Copy Share Image
I love hearing other people's stories, and I freely admit I'm scavenging for material through their conversations, but really, at the same… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
Light, to me, stands for Living In Gods Heavenly Thoughts. That's a good place to live. That is what influenced me to… — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
The London 'Academy' has seen fit recently to scoff at the critics who have been exercising themselves ove rthe so-called art of… — Henry Seidel Canby Copy Share Image
Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My message is to forget about dichotomies. The 'Brain Opera' is an opera, even if it does not tell a story in… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I simply couldn’t conceive of how devastating it would be not to be able to hear my children’s voices. Not to be… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
Ornon said, "I have seen him jump across atriums four stories above the ground, a distance that would make your blood freeze,… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
It’s such a fun job, and it can be silly and light and about making people laugh. I think I was doing… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I was invited. Oxford University Press is simply as prestigious a press as there is so when they come to your door… — Patricia Leavy Copy Share Image
I'm uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection. — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it… — Ingrid Bergman Copy Share Image
I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character. — Melanie Laurent Copy Share Image
I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.' — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I'm a slave to the beats of the story, not to the words we use to tell the story. — Steve Dildarian Copy Share Image
Destiny doesn't control your life, but it does place you on a path. It's how you walk down that path that determines… — Pamela Yates Copy Share Image
“Stories (not ideas, not features, not benefits) are what spread from person to person.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I tell stories so only the independents do that and they don't pay you that much. I'd rather do TV or an… — Penny Marshall Copy Share Image
My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Who am I to stop everybody just to tell my stupid story? It's presumptuous. — Brendan Benson Copy Share Image
At some point if you had gone into all of our stories in depth that would've just kind of been all over… — Ashley Greene Copy Share Image
I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Having to call your customer service department is like falling off a six story building. — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
I read my books out loud to myself because of the demands of the story and demands of language. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Music is what feelings sound like out loud. I sing songs that speak from my heart. They tell my story, how I… — Georgia Cates Copy Share Image
Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
