Stories Quotes · Page 216

There are certain battles that you pick. When they're not worth picking, they're laughable stories.

— David Beckham

Good stories must travel through conflict. And in epic stories, the conflict must become unbearable.

— Donald Miller

I know where I'm supposed to be at the time of the snap. Now, where the play dictates I'm going to go…

— Troy Polamalu

“Careful with what you know and what you experience. Sometimes, closed mouth with memories is better than opened mouth with stories.”

— Karolyn James

Anyone who tells you they're not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I'm afraid they're not telling you the whole story.

— Hunter Hayes

So I need the story, Jenna. I need the truth. Right, like the two are the same thing.

— Ilsa J. Bick

I love stories about artificial intelligence, and post-humanity, so I'm thinking along those lines.

— Michael Boatman

True stories seldom have endings. I don't want a happy ending, I want more story.

— Frances Hardinge

I used to love reading, but since I've started writing, it's harder for me to immerse, because I spend so much time…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

Eastern Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, are relative success stories, as they are not afflicted by the Arab heritage of…

— Conrad Black

You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up…

— Jason Patric

I think that crowdfunding has become such a powerful tool to tell stories that might not find financing otherwise - like a…

— Kit Williamson

To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to…

— Josh Radnor

When I look back at experience [with my father], all I can do is feel pity. You know, how torn he was…

— Paul Auster

And in reality, I don't think it's a real documentary. It's more a story of her life. It's a story of survival.…

— Maximilian Schell

Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was…

— Jill Abramson

Once in a rare while, you get to read a story of such breathtaking beauty and intelligence that you remember why you…

— Robin Oliveira

Well, when Kathy Kennedy, who is the president of Lucasfilm, came to me to ask if I'd be interested in working on…

— J. J. Abrams

We need to call what is happening out of Washington, D.C., what it is: Bureaucratic terrorism: If you want a list of…

— Matt Shea

Obviously, we suppress things, emotions, things during the day - thoughts that we obviously haven't thought through enough, and in that state…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our…

— Chuck Wendig

Shattered dreams are never random. They are always a piece in a larger puzzle, a chapter in a larger story. The Holy…

— Larry Crabb

How could I have kept out this incredible fiction? That's when it all started for me. I was, and still am, a…

— Arjen Anthony Lucassen

“You don't have books?!' Rose almost sat up and banged her head on the roof rafters. That made the rats jump. 'How…

— Lucy Adlington

For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of…

— Emma Donoghue

When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had.

— Howard Nemerov

Don't write about a character. Become that character, and then write your story.

— Ethan Canin

I went to the guest room and pretended to write. I hit the space bar again and again and again. My life…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

— Aaron Stanford

As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I…

— Khaled Hosseini

The story of the movie [Romeo + Juliet] is timeless. It's relevant then.

— Quindon Tarver

I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own.

— Max Lucado

I love hearing stories, telling stories, sharing stories. I've shared 37,000 on the Oprah show! Every day I was like the town crier.

— Oprah Winfrey

“There are so many stories, she thinks, and most of them end up lost.”

— Guy Gavriel Kay

Everybody's got one killer story. It doesn't take talent to tell that story, it just takes experience.

— Kevin Smith

If you don't like someone's story, write your own. If you don't like what somebody says, say what it is you don't…

— Chinua Achebe

Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future

— Byron Katie

There's nothing like stories on a windy night when folks have found a warm place in a cold world.

— Stephen King

“Of course! Isn’t that what a good story does? It pulls you in and never lets you go.”

— Jennifer Donnelly

The good thing about writing a true story is that you don't have to worry about giving an impression of realism.

— Laurent Binet