Stories Quotes · Page 169

Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.

— Max Irons

That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

— George Saunders

No test tube can breed love and affection. No frozen packet of semen ever read a story to a sleepy child.

— Shirley Williams

It's almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery.

— Charles Hard Townes

“Our stories are mirrors. We can look into them and return to ourselves. We can make of them an offering.”

— Jane Davenport Platko

You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.

— Brené Brown

“Stories are that way, like storms. If you pay attention, you can sense them in the air.”

— Anonymous

I think there's a stigma to some degree about the outer boroughs and Jersey, and whether their stories are worth telling.

— Vincent Piazza

If my mom told one more story about how cute I looked in the bathtub when I was three years old I…

— Rick Riordan

They [comic books] are not a genre, they are not something to get hot and cold from one year to the next,…

— Michael Uslan

The word "story" is short for the word "history." They both have the same root and fundamentally mean the same thing. A…

— James M. Kouzes

My greatest wish — other than salvation — was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I…

— Yann Martel

Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up…

— Marla Maples

The power of story is potent and that's why historical fiction can be an extraordinarily significant way of teaching people logical truth…

— Hank Hanegraaff

The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each…

— Alan Rickman

And books are such an empowering way to give voice to some of these kids who aren't yet ready to tell their…

— Lauren Myracle

You can use your means in a good and bad way. In German-speaking art, we had such a bad experience with the…

— Michael Haneke

All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children…

— Barack Obama

Because, as we know, almost anything can be read into any book if you are determined enough. This will be especially impressed…

— Anonymous

To me experimental fiction ultimately is about the experiment and I'm not interested in experiments for their own sake, and if anything…

— Steve Erickson

Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it…

— Ivan Illich

o matter how much research you do, or invention you do, whether it's a character from a novel, a completely invented character…

— Cate Blanchett

I want you to know who I am: what the streets taste like, feel like, smell like. What the cops talk like,…

— Nas

I apologize for my terrible interview skills. I wasn't prepared to expose stories about something so special and wonderfully private that is…

— Heath Ledger

Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward.

— Laurence Overmire

“Stories have the power to make people feel. To give a shit. To change their opinions. To change the world.”

— Chuck Wendig

Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry.

— Evangeline Lilly

Taylor is a musician who does things under her own name and tells her own stories-her songs and her albums are her.

— Emma Stone

I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!

— Marie Windsor

But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to…

— Ken Follett

There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.

— Douglas Adams

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

— Kate DiCamillo

I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.

— Steve Buscemi

My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea market.

— Amy Sedaris

Being in love is such a nice feeling,and to be able to see that feeling on-screen is just nice, especially when it's…

— Emma Roberts

I have no anonymity.I've not had a drink in nine and a half years. That's my whole story right there.

— Ringo Starr

Whatever claim you use to get attention, the advertisement should tell a story reasonably complete

— Claude C. Hopkins

A photographer is like a writer... you're writing with your lens so make sure you tell a good story.

— Habib Umar bin Hafiz

The way we as a world consume stories - and sometimes people - is a phenomenon that we're seeing much more of…

— Brian McGinn

The stories I work on, especially for any length of time, do tend to become personal to me.

— Alex Tizon