Sometimes strange and wonderful things will pop into my head. And sometimes I will see something in the world that is the… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I'm always thinking about story, and the development of ideas or images, so with all types of media, I'm simply trying to… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
As a producer, I really get to tell stories that I care about in a way that I want to. I get… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
Never's just the echo of forever, lonesome as a love that might have been. Let me go on lovin' and believin' 'til… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Exactly as we might ask God, and do ask God, to change our fate. The difference is that in the story the… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
The stories have been told so often by those of us who supported President Reagan over the years that they seem mundane,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
It is nice when things end. That is what stories do - they end. It is hard to write endings and it… — Jon Hamm Copy Share Image
I couldn't have articulated this process at the time; I just sort of did it instinctually. But now when I talk about… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I feel like, if I'm being honest with myself, my biggest skill set is as a writer 'cause I can do that… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
I don't go through a torturous intellectual process to decide what to direct. I know what I want to direct the second… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Now, to tell my story--if not as it ought to be told, at least as I can tell it,--I must go back… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Stories move in circle. They don’t move in straight lines. So it helps if you listen in circles. There are stories inside… — Deena Metzger Copy Share Image
Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit no labor in its cause?… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, each of us was somebody's kid. Everyone had a father, even if he never provided anything more than… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
A cowboy, a lawyer, and a mechanic watched Queen of the Damned,” I murmured. Warren—who had once, a long time ago, been… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
Every now and then, people will recognize me at restaurants or Universal Studios or something. I'll always take a picture with them… — Matthew Moy Copy Share Image
I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
“Human nature, for better or worse, always eventually comes to the fore again. And human nature likes and needs stories that are… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression, and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which… — Howard Pyle Copy Share Image
We always see the innocent victims in the stories, and I am a little bored with that. I am much more interested… — Bill Williams Copy Share Image
My first serious attempts at writing were made in 1868, and I took up two very different lines of composition; I wrote… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
I've read in a couple stories that I was raised Episcopalian, but that's not true. I think that's just people assuming things.… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
I like exploring both the light parts and the dark parts of a single person. And all of those shades tend to… — Rosemarie DeWitt Copy Share Image
I really unfortunately don't have tons of hilarious Sundance stories, because really I am not the biggest fan of hanging out, but… — Lizzy Caplan Copy Share Image
Write. Don't talk about writing. Don't tell me about your wonderful story ideas. Don't give me a bunch of "somedays." Plant your… — Glen Cook Copy Share Image
I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
Story is a relationship between the teller and the listener, a responsibility. After the listening you become accountable for the sacred knowledge… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
My dad would tell me bedtime stories, and he used to always leave them open-ended and finish at a crucial point with… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
We love telling stories about characters who you root for, even though they sometimes make it really hard for you to root… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
Revolution is like a love story. When you are in love, you become a much better person. And when you are in… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, my life isnt about other peoples work. Ive got to stop giving stuff away. Ive got… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
When she walked through the woods (infrequently now) she picked her way along the path, making way for the boy inside to… — David Wroblewski Copy Share Image
Heroes didn't win. The heroes were whoever happened to win. History told their story -- the dead didn't say a word. All… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
Comedy Central is what these young people are viewing. The network speaks to their audience, which is saying, 'Give me fast jokes.… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I never, ever have seen media this way. It's almost indescribable. Making up stories, refusing to run real stories. It's making themselves… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
You weren't supposed to hear Elvis Presley. You weren't supposed to hear Jerry Lee Lewis. You weren't supposed to hear Robert Johnson.… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they… — Theresa Breslin Copy Share Image
