Stories Quotes · Page 202

I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going…

— Jan de Bont

I had a naïve idea that if I could tell the story, people would be outraged and do something about conditions in…

— Patricia McConnell

The story of the subconscious mind can be told in three words: there is none.

— Hugo Munsterberg

You are the director of your own life story. Don't cast idiots or people will walk out during your 2nd act.

— Dane Cook

It was the reason why I became an actor - to tell new stories - and I stick to that, which is…

— Rana Daggubati

If as a child I had written a story, the best story that I could imagine, I would have written as indeed…

— Paolo Maldini

Focus on sharing your story and affecting the people that are hungry for your light.

— Kathryn Budig

I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.

— Lionel Shriver

When I'm sure I have a story, I call my collaborators and we begin to discuss it. And we conduct studies of…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I've always loved 'Before and After' stories, in books, magazines, and TV shows. Whenever I read those words, I'm hooked. The thought…

— Gretchen Rubin

The Journal is not essentially a confession, a story about oneself. It is a Memorial. What does the writer have to remember?…

— Maurice Blanchot

Curb Your Enthusiasm set me up so perfectly. That was one of my favorite shows before I got on it. That started…

— J. B. Smoove

I always write three or four projects at the same time. They're stories that I want to tell, and usually I dump…

— Pawel Pawlikowski

Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several…

— Imogen Cunningham

Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out.…

— Simon Schama

So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And…

— N.K. Jemisin

I aspired to be a writer and then I just started getting acting work. I really didn't have a direct goal, I…

— Jake M. Johnson

I think this is when most people give up on their stories. They come out of college wanting to change the world,…

— Donald Miller

I just think that pop music is very interesting in how it can reach so many people. I like that I can…

— Melanie Martinez

[Polo Is My Life] is what's called a sex book - you know, sex, drugs and rock and roll. It's about the…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I've been an inveterate reader of literary magazines since I was a teenager. There are always discoveries. You're sitting in your easy…

— Marilyn Hacker

Some of this story is completely true. And some of it isn't. Like truth, evil comes in all sorts of flavors. Some…

— Gregg Olsen

You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea.…

— Victor Hugo

“Life is a journey; let's enjoy it, seeing some exciting things, and having fun along the way.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.

— Nancy Farmer

As an artist, you have a path that you're on that evolves with the kinds of stories you want to tell.

— Daniel Radcliffe

It's sort of what the Johnny and Devi stories are about, the idea of always being a slave to something.

— Jhonen Vasquez

Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.

— Aminatta Forna

A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about…

— Nate Berkus

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

— Patrick Rothfuss

From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story.

— Frank Bruno

Of all the love stories ever published, I have - realistically - read very few.

— Richard Flanagan

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear

— Gore Verbinski

If i were to lose my memories, I would rely on music. There is so much of my story embedded in each.

— Jason Mraz

I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?'

— Caroline Leavitt

Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.

— Ben Okri

I’ll walk forever with stories inside me that the people I love the most can never hear.

— Michelle Hodkin

Novels are very different than films and I love to see someone else's imagining of my story.

— Nicholas Sparks

I won't even think about acting in a role where I didn't do a back story for a character.

— Quentin Tarantino