Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life. — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain. — Elizabeth Moon Copy Share Image
Dare to tell the smallest of stories if you want to generate large emotions. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live:… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories. — John Sayles Copy Share Image
When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. 'My husband doesn't respect me.' 'I should be… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Writing is not magic. It’s a craft, a process, a set of steps. As with any process, things sometimes break down. Even… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
I really like telling stories. When I was a kid, I wanted to write songs. In quite a fundamental, gratifying, childish way,… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
I always plan the whole story in some detail, long before I start writing the actual thing. But even doing that, I… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a… — Karlie Kloss Copy Share Image
I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The interface of history and myth is where my stories take place anyway, and there's always a way I'm trying to tap… — Steve Stern Copy Share Image
The working class of England take their deracination completely for granted. Disenchantment is the happy code that informs every byway of the… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
Palaeontology is the Aladdin's lamp of the most deserted and lifeless regions of the earth; it touches the rocks and there spring… — Roy Chapman Andrews Copy Share Image
For a blink of an eye, there was so much media glare. It was unexpected, and I don't think we realized the… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“Before she became ill, David’s mother would often tell him that stories were alive. They weren’t alive in the way that people… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
Great brands are like great stories. And every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And our job is to… — Kevin Plank Copy Share Image
The story of The Doors is one of the most compelling in the history of American rock music; three hugely talented musicians… — Tom DiCillo Copy Share Image
Pastor Veronica told the story of a sparrow lying in the street with its legs straight up in the air, straining. a… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. ''Ours'' is different. My father's spine was… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
What we love, we protect. This story will delight children and parents alike, who care for what they love. — Zoe Weil Copy Share Image
All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“A good story feels both surprising and inevitable, fresh and familiar.” — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
The moment you say, 'I want to do a role,' the story suffers. I don't set priorities in terms of roles or… — Boman Irani Copy Share Image
You care a lot about these stories you're writing, and you hope that someone else will care, too. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
America is a nation of prayer. It's impossible to tell the story of our nation without telling the story of people who… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I don't know any family that doesn't have a story somewhere. Besides, it you didn't have those things in life, you'd be… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
I carry the landscape inside me like an ache. The story of who I am cannot be severed from the story of… — Janisse Ray Copy Share Image
'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotional love story, with a spooky element. — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
People think drama drives story, but I think the comedy is really the heart and soul. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Love works magic. It is the finalpurpose of the world story, the Amen of the universe. — Novalis Copy Share Image
Story is where people go to practice the key skills of human social life. — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
It's always interesting to me to tell stories that come from difficult political climates. — Jim Sturgess Copy Share Image
“All the stories are wonderful, except maybe the ones about Dominic.” — Jeanne Birdsall Copy Share Image
The point is, stories can be all lengths. Never underestimate the power of “less is more. — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
