Stories Quotes · Page 215

When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to…

— Paula Fox

Anne Carson and Angela Carter are folks I hold close to my heart because they have such unique ways of telling stories.

— Lauren Mayberry

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

— T. J. Miller

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

— Linda Ronstadt

The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence.

— Bruce Springsteen

We can't live in a state of perpetual doubt, so we make up the best story possible and we live as if…

— Daniel Kahneman

Forgiveness, which is the place that every story turns, the chance we give each other.

— Beth Kephart

“My heart will always fly his name. I won’t go gentle. I’l find a way to soar like the angels in the…

— Ally Condie

A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins…

— Joy Harjo

Creationists are possibly gaining more political power. In the U.S., you are constantly hearing stories of school boards harassing teachers and trying…

— Richard Dawkins

Don't get me wrong, hard and soft fantasy stories can both be good. But you need to know which camp you're in.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

On lady novelists: As artists they're rot, but as providers they're oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story…

— Dorothy Parker

I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier…

— Maya Angelou

A 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower in Chicago [and] a 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story…

— Hugh Ferriss

I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not…

— RZA

Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story…

— Joseph Addison

I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So…

— Elie Wiesel

Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the…

— H. L. Mencken

A myth is a fantasy, a preferred lie, a foundational story, a hypnotic trance, an identity game, a virtual reality, one that…

— Ginette Paris

When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like…

— Roland Smith

The investor is neither smart not richer when he buys in an advancing market and the market continues to rise. That is…

— Benjamin Graham

Sometimes not honoring your character makes for really good television, but that also can really upset fans. You have to turn things…

— Azita Ghanizada

Sometimes I'll go for something more because of the story, or more because of the director. But, generally, I have to feel…

— Guy Pearce

I want people to talk more. I mean, I watch Game of Thrones and there's all sorts of crazy nudity in it...and…

— Craig Zobel

You know how it is. Boy meets girl, girl wants boy dead. An everyday story, really.

— David Gemmell

Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he…

— Hugh B. Brown

When I find research really rewarding is when one piece of information gives you an idea for a story. That's when it's…

— Markus Zusak

As a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told.

— Anonymous

You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.

— Zoe Kazan

When you have an important story to tell, the words you need seem to come of their own accord.

— J. A. Jance

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

["2012"] it was really more about the subject matter, and to do a modern retelling of Noah's Ark, a flood story.

— Roland Emmerich

[Red Dirt Marijuana] contains most of the great short stories in English that are not by Mr. Hemingway or Mr. O'Hara.

— Robert Anton Wilson

A synopsis of every story we do: someone gets over their own stupid ass.

— Kieron Gillen

Whether every story that's there [in the Bible] is a historic truth ... Again, I'm not concerned.

— Elie Wiesel

I started off as a journalist when I was young and I did not get paid unless I wrote three stories a…

— Ryan Murphy

God loves a great story, and all of us who know Him will recall and celebrate and continue to live in that…

— Randy Alcorn

The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell.

— Janusz Kaminski

Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story. . . . Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91)

— Anonymous

“Who knows how many people are invisible because their stories don't fit our categories?”

— Marilyn Johnson