Stories Quotes · Page 164

I think there's a certain lyricism in the telling of a scientific story.

— Janna Levin

Until I can visualise what the lyrics are about and see the story or whatever, I can't hear the melody.

— Elton John

I want to tell stories powerful people don't want you to tell. It's not worth getting out of bed otherwise.

— John Sweeney

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.

— Max Frisch

Bruce [Dern] and I are in this car just for days and days, just talking about life and I could listen to…

— Will Forte

My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.

— Harold Ramis

The purpose of a story is to be an axe that breaks up the ice within us.

— Franz Kafka

If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories.

— John Berger

A story is told that Whistler once painted a tiny picture of a spray of roses. The artistry involved in the picture…

— Sterling W Sill

The market for short stories is hard to break into, but a magazine editor isn't always looking for big names with which…

— Eric Brown

Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story there is a shimmering go-between. That go-between, that…

— Vladimir Nabokov

And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and…

— William Shakespeare

I look at comic books, and I do very eclectic mood boards with ideas and images that have to do with a…

— Alexandra Byrne

Through working with amazing people, the bar is always raised to do your own best work. I want to be a part…

— Ari Graynor

There are so many romantic comedies made, but very few dramas or love stories. And with a love story, you have to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

The goal is always about the next story. It's always about the thing I haven't done before. It's about learning, or it's…

— Joss Whedon

“But when you realize that the story of your life could be told a thousand different ways, that you could tell it…

— Shauna Niequist

Nightclub City tells the behind-the-scenes story of Manhattan's glamorous nightlife at its peak. Packed with colorful characters, terrific original research, and an…

— Debby Applegate

I think if you look at Hollywood as a whole and the type of content that they put out over the years,…

— Mike Jackson

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane began with a friend giving me a rabbit doll - forgive me, Edward, for using that…

— Kate DiCamillo

I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on in my life,…

— Grant Morrison

I think movies in general should have more respect for the audience than they do. Too many films are afraid to confuse…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Good journalism is crucial. Good journalism isn't easy so I think it's less about what story and more about the layers and…

— George Stroumboulopoulos

We are contemporary citizens living in a technological world. Swimming in crosscultural waters can be dangerous, and if you are honest you…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I feel like I have so many stories basting in my mind, and they come busting out when they're ready.

— Maggie Stiefvater

This is not a love story, but love is in it. That is, love is just outside it, looking for a way…

— Jeanette Winterson

As a journalist, my job is to be dispassionate. Suddenly to be the centre of a story and to be crying, it…

— Natasha Kaplinsky

It is futile to spend time telling stories about the fleetness of each day.

— Dejan Stojanovic

Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image.

— Norman Lock

I love the adventure of telling all types of stories and trying to conquer each one.

— Jon M. Chu

“I told her about school and how I sat on a wall there and felt stories and words move through me ...”

— Markus Zusak

My music is part of the quest I have to find new ways of telling stories, and also, I want to inspire…

— Michael Franti

I've done as many as 20 or 30 drafts of a story. Never less than 10 or 12 drafts.

— Raymond Carver

Even though the story [Fences] is set during the 1950s, some contemporary women might have trouble understanding her decision.

— Denzel Washington

“The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon.”

— Steve Maraboli

I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect.

— Neil Gaiman

The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold...

— George Lucas

Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later.

— Gene Wolfe

I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me.

— James Denton

I'm from a middle class family. I didn't grow-up rich, but I didn't grow-up poor. Each guy has to stick to his…

— SonReal