History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told. — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
A lot of the themes of my movies, the actual stories, come from tabloid stories. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
The time is just right to take risks and tell stories the way we want to tell them. — Afia Nathaniel Copy Share Image
[My mother told me] stories about Nat King Cole, and Miles Davis, and seeing pictures in later years with band leaders like… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I am not a saint. I am, however, beginning to learn that I am a small character in a story that is… — Lauren F. Winner Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite movies are just movies that are just good stories, and aren't necessarily big budget movies or anything. — Miranda Cosgrove Copy Share Image
Those two volleys really could be the story of this match summed up at the end of it. — Barry Davies Copy Share Image
In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, Malcolm MacPherson vividly brings to life this harrowing story of courage, pathos, and war at… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be… — Percy Lubbock Copy Share Image
I get daily e-mails from Afghans who thank me for writing this book [The Kite Runner], as they feel a slice of… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
It's important not to base your ambition on anybody else's history, but to figure out how best to use your own particular… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Like all stories of creators who bring life from the dead, his story began with a struggling butcher, who chased a gray… — Salvador Plascencia Copy Share Image
Its different being a director. I suppose, especially if its a story youve written and you feel compelled to tell, in some… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
Even though writing articles relies completely on truth, you still must tell an interesting story. You can't worry about people knowing who… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
So if there was a way that I knew something about my character's desires or the things that they were resisting because… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
The Da Vinci Code may well be the only novel ever written that begins with the word 'renowned'... I think what enabled… — Geoffrey K. Pullum Copy Share Image
We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Somewhere in the world there was a young woman with such splendid understanding that she'd see him entire, like a poem or… — John Barth Copy Share Image
“It did occur to him that perhaps he’d gone to the wrong Academy – the guys in the Space Fleet always had… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
It wasn't a case of me sitting down and thinking, right then, what shall I do with my life? Airline pilot? Plumber?… — Tim Lebbon Copy Share Image
I don't know who they are[my characters] . They're entirely invented characters. Maybe that's how I've been able to write so many… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
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![“I get daily e-mails from Afghans who thank me for writing this book [The Kite Runner], as they feel a slice of their story has been told by one of their own. So, for the most part, I have been overwhelmed with the kindness of my fellow Afghans.” quote by Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/khaled-hosseini-251_book_i-get-daily-e-mails-from-afghans-who-tha_3144908.jpg)
![“I don't know who they are[my characters] . They're entirely invented characters. Maybe that's how I've been able to write so many books, because there are no boundaries for me. I can write a completely fantastical story like "Swept Away" or "Blinded by the Light" and then a non-comic drama like…” quote by T.C. Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/t-c-boyle-8108_able_i-don-t-know-who-they-are-my-characters_1148719.jpg)
