I think you have to pick and choose what is most important to tell the story. — Patrick Wilson Copy Share Image
“Stories change us; they change the world. People are stories of themselves.” — Karen Healey Copy Share Image
My stories do have plot. They're not just scattered language; they're controlled, toward an end. — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight. — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
It’s so much more romantic to end a story up with a funeral than a wedding. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We, as producers, want to tell the best stories. We want to tell the stories that people will talk about. — Todd Lieberman Copy Share Image
There have been great soceties that did not use the wheel, but there have been no sociweties that did not tell stories — Ursula K Leguin Copy Share Image
Start telling the story of your amazing life, and the law of attraction must make sure you receive it! — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
I wanted to paint pictures of people. I thought, "Why bother doing anything else. Everything else is a waste of time. I… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
Okay so I have read the mail. The stories people often tell. About us that we never knew but their existence will… — The Avett Brothers Copy Share Image
Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
If he wants to tell you, he'll tell you. End of story, Rose. Besides, you certainly keep your share of secrets too.… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos.… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
When we learn to read the story of Jesus and see it as the story of the love of God, doing for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What I look for is identifying what the utility of a character is to the telling of the story overall. If I… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1)… — Lois Duncan Copy Share Image
However, for story reasons, we needed to represent them in certain ways. One of the things that sort of blew me away… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes;… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Poetry is ultimately mythology, the telling of stories of the soul. The old myths, the old gods, the old heroes have never… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
Why do any of us act the way we do? Is it our beliefs or our biology that shapes us? Lauren Grodstein… — Victor LaValle Copy Share Image
I have great admiration and respect for the editors, writers, and artists of the comic books. They're turning out, I don't know,… — Michael Uslan Copy Share Image
I look to everyday magic in art to remember how to live: how to estrange and vivify ordinary objects and beings. So… — Noy Holland Copy Share Image
Perhaps the community you mentioned might not come to the story. Sometimes you have to take the story to them, and perform… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
It is sad that some people in the media like to create stories to sell their media, without any real facts to… — Shahid Afridi Copy Share Image
I'm at the beginning of it. I'm Elektra's last job before the story kicks off. — Jason Isaacs Copy Share Image
“But they get some comfort out of the made up stories. And if that helps them get along maybe I should not… — Kaye Gibbons Copy Share Image
Some of the most important stories don't lend themselves to television treatment. — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“The business of stories is not enchantment. The business of stories is not escape. The business of stories is waking up.” — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
Even if you're in charge of the grand story there's still memory. The other stories do not go away. — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing. — Julia Leigh Copy Share Image
Don't put anything into a story that does not reveal character or advance the action. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The final story, the final chapter of western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles. — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
I think original voices get noticed. But most importantly, I think you should have a story to tell. — Chetan Bhagat Copy Share Image
“It is easy to arrange the words in a story born out of a dream; for a story without a dream, a… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
I suppose there will never be a lack of things to say, of stories to be told and shared. — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story. — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
“There's always more to the story, Catriona," She replied. "That's the wonderful thing about stories.” — Heather Vogel Frederick Copy Share Image
