We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save our books in libraries. Libraries are… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
I have a very strong color theory, for instance, where in 'Powers,' green means powerless, and red means power.The story was all… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
Because I don’t work with an outline, writing a story is like crossing a stream, now I’m on this rock, now I’m… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
How come they don't think you can handle a new story out of the blue on the TV news? They gotta make… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
As an older person, I do feel an obligation to tell the story about what was really happening in the fifties, sixties,… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
I'm just looking at whatever moment I'm at, trying to tell a story that at that time feels like it needs to… — Daryl Wein Copy Share Image
I did Popeye and Ronald Reagan and everybody was saying things like "yeah he's a cute little kid" but I started, little… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
Every zombie story is fundamentally about a breakdown of order, with the infrastructure intact. That infrastructure might be on fire, yes. — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
American foreign policy is not understood by the vast majority of American people. And that this is due to a media that… — Denis Halliday Copy Share Image
It's weird: I was in a conference room, shouting out story ideas in the voices of different characters, and it was something… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I… — Tommy Lee Jones Copy Share Image
The fact is that HBO is doing the kind of films and the kind of stories that the movie industry used to… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Jeronimo, my grandfather, swine-herder and story-teller, feeling death about to arrive and take him, went and said goodbye to the trees in… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
[Captain Fantastic] it's a great story. It's one of the better scripts I've read, ever, as far as being great from beginning… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves - that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences in our lives… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to… — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
A story a friend told me about being in New York and meeting this Latin-lover kind of guy. They went up to… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives.… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
Plausible development, building from what we know about what really did go on, and a whacking good story… Surrounded by Enemies delivers… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
I like to count myself as someone who doesn't follow that stuff and someone who's just trying to invent stories and characters… — Scot Armstrong Copy Share Image
I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
It's the purest form of silver and our tagline is "Taking the 'except fors' out of movies." We're trying to make movies… — Drew Waters Copy Share Image
In detective stories . . . I alternately identify myself with the murderer and the huntsman-detective, but . . . there are… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Why will people persist in reading strange meanings into the simplest of story? Is it not enough that a writer can entertain… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm only a novelist on occasion. Many of my books are made up of brief texts collected together, short stories, or else… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I'm one of those apocalyptics. From the start of my immigrant days, I've been fascinated by end-of-the-world stories, by outbreak narratives, and… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do a story on the blues that not only reflected its nature and its content, but also alludes… — Charles Burnett Copy Share Image
It's really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
Reading is also a creative activity if you're doing it right. You can learn more from a story that's left the tracks… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles,… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it's a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it's… — Nancy Kress Copy Share Image
I've worked a lot with Noah Baumbach, and he doesn't make it easy to like his characters, but the stories are funny… — Ciaran Hinds Copy Share Image
A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More… — Matt Drudge Copy Share Image
“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I think it's very interesting how an American network chooses to tell this story. We don't name one country the good guy… — Demian Bichir Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my mom told me every story that was happening to her. Most of the stories that come… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
Take a brilliant, creative social scientist, without any respect for conventional wisdom and you get Ellen Langer. She is a fantastic storyteller,… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
![“American foreign policy is not understood by the vast majority of American people. And that this is due to a media that in this country is suppressed by Washington and by the owners of this media, who often tend to be corporate entities close to the [White House] and very often are arms…” quote by Denis Halliday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/denis-halliday-72948_american-foreign-pol_american-foreign-policy-is-not-understoo_2757835.jpg)
![“[Captain Fantastic] it's a great story. It's one of the better scripts I've read, ever, as far as being great from beginning to end. It handles a variety of characters. You have six children who all stand on their own, they're all individuals. And it touches on a very real issue, which is the lack…” quote by Viggo Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/viggo-mortensen-1554_america_captain-fantastic-it-s-a-great-story-it_2013800.jpg)
![“I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most aesthetically interesting? From Hollywood noirs to horror movies like The Shining [1980].” quote by Christopher Bollen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/christopher-bollen-9436_book_i-also-wonder-why-is-it-that-so-many-of_2589092.jpg)
