...we all want to hear stories, from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Stories connect our little lives… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Those bad times are important. They give you a chance to practice, listen, take stock, have a life, get your feet back… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
Tell me a story. / In this century, and moment, of mania, tell me a story. / Make it a story of… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
With watercolour, you can't cover up the marks. There's the story of the construction of the picture, and then the picture might… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I think this is pretty clear, but maybe not to everybody: Despite the fact that the work is personal or taken from… — Frances Stark Copy Share Image
While there's no substitute for real experience, I believe it helps to hear and share stories of resourcefulness in action - almost… — Scott Weiss Copy Share Image
Maybe the hardest lesson is the one I have to learn over and over again, that each story is its own animal,… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to… — John Green Copy Share Image
I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8.… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
An actor puts himself in the hands of a director. And the director's first responsibility, obviously, is to tell the story, but… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
What the American people hope - what they deserve - is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am reminded of the old court jester who was supposed to entertain his king with interesting stories and antics. He looked… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
I would look at the first chapter of any new novel as a final test of its merits. If there was a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In my teaching, I try to expose my students to the widest range of aesthetic possibilities, so I'll offer them stories from… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
We were friends with Jonathan Demme. We were all down on the West Side of New York, and I think I met… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
I find it inspiring and I always think when I'm working on something new, whether it's a new kind of character or… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies and books, stories and characters take… — Mark Burnett Copy Share Image
Above The Thunder is passionate, wise, and piercingly beautiful. Readers drawn to books with rich, memorable characters and contemporary stories will find… — Tony Ardizzone Copy Share Image
I liked Augustus Waters. I really, really really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked… — John Green Copy Share Image
I do not put myself in a box and say, for instance, I'm writing post-colonial literature. I don't know what I'm writing.… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
If improv gets reckless, you can feel it. A lot of shows try to do that, I find. When improv is done… — Steve Dildarian Copy Share Image
I do a first draft as passionately and as quickly as I can. I believe a story is valid only when it's… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful, preserve… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the 'Hindustan… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
I never was taught how to go into a meeting and talk about a tour and how to plan a show, but… — Lilly Singh Copy Share Image
Opera is something you have to educate yourself about. You have to make sure you understand the stories, what was happening politically,… — Jacob Hashimoto Copy Share Image
A movie can and should have some real dissonance throughout - rage, heartache, tears, conflict, catharsis and all the other elements Aristotle… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
It was Rick's Rubin idea to have the 'Brooklyn' verse repeat. It already was a story, but having that made it a… — Scott Avett Copy Share Image
As far back as I remember, long before I could write, I had played at making stories. But not until I was… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
As the decades go by, a painter's life becomes a life lived with oil paint, a story told in the thicknesses of… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
Some after-the-fact storytelling is inevitable, and, in fact, very good and useful. But then we want always to be able to enrich… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
In crime fiction, I just don't write the parts that aren't a thriller and it's exactly the same in my TV reporting… — Hank Phillippi Ryan Copy Share Image
A lot of the ancient Norse myths and legends are the basis of a lot of the sci-fi, fantasy films out there.… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
I don't have a story about an epiphany in which I suddenly realised I wanted to be an actor. It was much… — Elizabeth Debicki Copy Share Image
Why would I get a wild card into an American tournament, (as the) top-ranked American? Why would that happen? That makes too… — Andy Roddick Copy Share Image
For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I may well do some more polemical writing, if a subject that fires me up comes along. Apart from that possibility, I… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
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