And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Many people think of the Bible as a book of moral teachings with stories sprinkled through to illustrate the teachings. But it's… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I don't know why I told this story. I could just as well have told another. Perhaps some other time I'll be… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Strength, strength for us. What we need is strength, who will give us strength? There are thousands to weaken us, and of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Is rule of thumb in writing game: if story requires many long descriptions of smells so vile that will give reader nausea,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me,… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
In Ireland every place you visit and every person you meet has a story. And they love to tell you their stories.… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story… — Janice Y. K. Lee Copy Share Image
This is my favorite part. It starts and ends here. The pebbles shine, the plan worked, Hansel Triumphant. Lesson number one: be… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
I was pretty dorky, but there are tiers of dorkdom and I always had friends, though they were equally dorky. I was… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to measure the impact on policy of any investigative journalism. You hope it matters to let a little more… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
If they were real, then maybe the world was big enough to have magic in it. And if there was magic —… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely removed from the world at such times...The hours go by without my knowing it. Sitting there I'm wandering in countries… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
What I wish is that people would look beyond the tribbles and see I've written some other books that I really would… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
Had we had all the money in the world to spend and we were doing another studio movie, we probably would have… — David Twohy Copy Share Image
I believe you should tell the story of injustices, of inequalities, of bad conditions, so that the people as a whole in… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You have to want to make a film for other reasons - to say something, to tell a story, to show somebody's… — Krzysztof Kieslowski Copy Share Image
“We carry our wounds and perhaps even worse, our capacity to wound, forward with us. If we learn not only to tell… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
There's so much more (to say) about being young and being a woman, but I feel like not a lot of those… — Jena Malone Copy Share Image
I think I have become a better writer since having children. It improves creativity, particularly because once you have children it makes… — Louise Doughty Copy Share Image
I go where the story leads. And, sometimes, it is a little bit outrageous. And I relish that. I sort of want… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I wanted to share so I learnt how to write and… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
We have to trust that our stories deserve to be told. We may discover that the better we tell our stories the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
You don't try any less hard on the ones that don't. I've gotten lucky to work with some amazingly talented people that… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
Books are the building blocks of civilization and a people without books are a people without history, a people with no story… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read the greatest American short story, which is 'Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' by Ambrose… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My personal story has always been about perseverance and always getting up when I fall. Maybe I'm not Olympic champion, but I… — Jeremy Abbott Copy Share Image
I have travelled all over the world and one thing that amazes me is that I can communicate with people. My story… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
A good writer gets better only by learning to cut, to remove the ornamental, the descriptive, the narrative, and especially the deeply… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I've always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I'd babble in my crib as I turned the… — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
I think writers can get too attached to these worlds they create, these characters they make real, so that, instead of ending… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
By nature, human beings search for ways to make sense and meaning out of their lives and their world. One way that… — Susan Campbell Bartoletti Copy Share Image
“A tale may have exactly three beginnings: one for the audience, one for the artist, and one for the poor bastard who… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
Our earliest poets were shamans. Today, as in the earliest times, true shamans are poets of consciousness who know the power of… — Robert Moss Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can have a great scene but it just doesn't need to be in the movie. If it's not progressing the… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
“The tatters of old stories are tangled, weathered, muted by long-held silences that succeeded loud feuds, and sometimes no doubt re-dyed a… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
For example, Michael Mann's film Collateral - there is certain kinds of stories that lend themselves to digital photography. Some things are… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
I would love to make some kind of film about the witches and the Inquisitions. That would be really fun because I… — Amy Smart Copy Share Image
