True stories are the ones that lie open at the border, allowing a crossing, a further frontier. The final frontier is just… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
A story works when there's momentum, life behind the words. Some stories have this and others don't, and it's difficult to say… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
I've never raped or killed anybody, or hurt a kid. I've done all the more inept, high-volume stuff - like, "Whoops, sorry… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Darwin matters because evolution matters. Evolution matters because science matters. Science matters because it is the preeminent story of our age, an… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
I love fiction. I like reading short stories. Cupcakes, pop songs, Polaroids, and short stories. They all raise and answer questions in… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
If enough money is involved and enough people believe that two plus two equals five the media will report the story with… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face… — Li-Young Lee Copy Share Image
When the press writes scare stories about the global labor supply draining jobs from rich to poor places, the story is usually… — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image
“I'm not just a reader or a writer; I inhale written words like they're my oxygen. It's not a hobby. It's a… — Nicola Haken Copy Share Image
Take the story of Cain and Abel. Why were we given that story? Scientifically, you may have an explanation for it, but… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Don't try and mimic men - how they operate, how they do business, how they direct, write or are creative. They are… — Pietra Brettkelly Copy Share Image
Corn is the hero of its own story, and though we humans played a crucial supporting role in its rise to world… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I want to suggest to you that the day of the artists has come. That there are things about symbols and the… — Graham Cray Copy Share Image
History has got a lot to do with unique circumstances under certain particular cases and grand theories will always find counter cases.… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
People like to come up to me and tell me that I’ve got nice ink. Except these tattoos aren’t just decorations. They… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
This is a particular thing, you know, catholic stories of martyrs who had their head removed and then continued to be miraculous… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
“Lunatics are writers whose works write them, Bat." "Not all lunatics are writers, Mrs. Rey-believe me." "But most writers are lunatics, Bat-believe… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them on cardboard, then cutting them out and… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my books has escaped to… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I think once everything is in place, once you've kind of wrapped your head around the story and the character, it's very… — Michiel Huisman Copy Share Image
You get good at being by yourself and you're condemned to a life sentence of solitude. You think, "Wait a minute! I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask me ...… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
As for mother Eve - I wasn't there and can't deny the story, but I will say this. If she brought evil… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
I remind myself that no one day of writing matters all that much. A story is built somewhat like a stalactite -… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I have heard so many stories of contractors, and I've met some, too, who worked for Donald Trump, produced the goods and… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I've always believed in working hard, and I'm grateful that people seem to connect with the kinds of stories I'm passionate about… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
With live-action I think we'd have lost the universal appeal of the Persepolis story. With live-action, it would have turned into a… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I have been asked whether it is strange when a big story and big business for you is tragedy or ill fortune… — Mary Hart Copy Share Image
I had these cheap alien toys and I made up stories for them. They were space pirates. They didn’t have names so… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they'd do their story songs. I was… — Reba McEntire Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to… — Wynonna Judd Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of my childhood in my own head, making up stories. I didn't have a lot of outside influences,… — Dido Armstrong Copy Share Image
When I am working on a book or a story, I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance… — Gael Garcia Bernal Copy Share Image
When one of my friends becomes a Christian, which happens about every 10 years because I am a sheep about sharing my… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
