New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you… — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
Just like any woman,...we weave our stories out of our bodies. Some of us through our children, or our art; some do… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
This world is not one color or culture. Everybody has a story. To tell that story or see that story reflected through… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
The night before I left Las Vegas I walked out in the desert to look at the moon. There was a jeweled… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
The way superheroes dominate the fictional landscape now, along with dystopian futures and zombies. Yeah, definitely - I think these stories function… — Adam Frank Copy Share Image
The moral of the story of the Pilgrims is that if you work hard all your life and behave yourself every minute… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
I don't think "I'm going to publish this as fiction" but I think "I'm going to tell this story to a friend"… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
The original series of Watchmen is the complete story that Alan Moore and I wanted to tell. However, I appreciate DC's reasons… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
When the ending finally comes to me, I often have to backtrack and make the beginning point towards that ending. Other times,… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
It's the old story. You might be able to fool your coaches, or your teammates, or your opponents. But, you can never… — Don Maynard Copy Share Image
Memoirists, unlike fiction writers, do not really want to 'tell a story.' They want to tell it all - the all of… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
When it's all over I won't miss the bruises he gave me to impress girls, or the occasional scar which will give… — Skandar Keynes Copy Share Image
It reset and mended my freshly damaged and distorted view of life, and made me recognize that this thing we call music,… — Bob Mould Copy Share Image
I like the idea of standalone novels. I always found with series of books, it's something that publishers love obviously because they… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I've never wanted to be a witch, but an alchemist, now that's a different matter. To invent this wizard world, I've learned… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
But, on another level it's really sort of this really cool coming of age story, it reminds me of like The Breakfast… — Will Estes Copy Share Image
As white snowflakes fall quietly and thickly on a winter day, answers to prayer will settle down upon you at every step… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
John say's it's James who started first, James tells the story in reverse. I drag my belt from off me waist, you… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it looks like and… — Danica Patrick Copy Share Image
Calling is a 'yes' to God that carries a 'no' to the chaos of modern demands. Calling is the key to tracing… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
The myth of the inevitability of economic globalization is based largely on the work of Milton Friedman, and easily the most underreported… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
No particular music makes me feel nostalgic. If it's great, it just keeps me in the present moment. That level of music… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I do like sci-fi. When I was a kid, I was always sort of locked into sci-fi stories. So, sci-fi has always… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I've done so many movies with first-time directors, and honestly I just go with gut instinct. People that usually can tell me… — Neal H. Moritz Copy Share Image
Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
I didn’t do anything. I don’t have an explanation, I don’t know why I wanted to write. I did some short stories… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person… — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people I've ever encountered in my life; one of the most amazing stories I… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Herein, folks, lies the answer of [Donald] Trump's success. In other words, the media covers things as stories that you would read… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I get very selfish at times. I write about things that are interesting to me. Which are often very different. All of… — Wright Thompson Copy Share Image
Your ultimate life experience and legacy is being built moment by moment, day by day. Your story is being crafted by your… — Brendon Burchard Copy Share Image
It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
My story follows a very classic tragic paradigm in which you learn things too late for them to be of any use,… — Marco Roth Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image