Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad. — Joe Wright Copy Share Image
What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who we are. — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The story of what has happened to women in Afghanistan, however, is a very important one, and fertile ground for fiction. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
For me, writing stories is one way of feeling connected to the universe and God. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
“The man she wanted existed only in the romantic novels she was reading. She had met him. But he would never meet… — Mary Papas Copy Share Image
All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because… — Graham Norton Copy Share Image
I'm jumping in right now. And I'm going to say that everybody I know has a 'day I met CM Punk story'… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
Every kid loves fairy tales, stories of witches and giants and magicians. Then, when you get a little older you can't read… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I have come to understand that life is too complex and much too short to let amateurs direct the story. I would… — Steve Saint Copy Share Image
You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not,… — Louis Malle Copy Share Image
It was quite risky to open the book with one of my quieter stories; I'm kind of trying, I think, to lure… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
It's always a pleasure to see John. I'm fond of telling people that when I was a young actor in NY and… — Harvey Keitel Copy Share Image
Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
As Jack began to climb the stairs, Fiona looked up at her new home. Five stories of stately mansion rose above her… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
From American Idol to The Matrix participatory media - where old and new media converge by involving fans - is influencing our… — Henry Jenkins Copy Share Image
The best time to tell your story is when you have to tell your story. When it's not really a choice. But… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
So, I mean, there's still vast swaths of the city that are suffering from a lack of jobs and poor housing and… — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
If an apple blossom or a ripe apple could tell its own story, it would be, still more than its own, the… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. (No evidence that… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I love science fiction but I don't like fantastic [cinema]. For example, if you have a magical ring and you can explode… — Jean-Pierre Jeunet Copy Share Image
To create anything — whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom — is to believe,… — Tom Bissell Copy Share Image
I always let the characters guide the stories. They really let me know what they want to say and what action they… — Ellen Schreiber Copy Share Image
I'm especially keen to work with good scriptwriters on stories we have developed. — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
It's still the same old story, A fight for love and glory, A case of do or die! The world will always… — Herman Hupfeld Copy Share Image
There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that… — Jeff Daniels Copy Share Image
Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“I've always been attracted to stories about rebels - things that are unusual and sometimes dangerous.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Anybody who pitches a story or an idea for a film to an executive, whatever the latest hit is, is what you're… — Rebecca Eaton Copy Share Image
I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh. — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
People are over 20 times more likely to remember a story than a series of facts and figures. A good story touches… — Bill Capodagli Copy Share Image
When I'm interviewed on Leno, just be funny, period. That's all they want from me. I don't want to tell my life… — David Spade Copy Share Image
Not to disparage anything, but most vampire stories tend to be romance novels that are 'Twilight'-ish with metrosexual guys. — Mark Pellegrino Copy Share Image
…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
I feel like it's hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well. — Matthew Tobin Anderson Copy Share Image
I write characters and stories that move me, and I write from the heart. — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
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