If something isn't working, if you have a story that you've built and it's blocked and you can't figure it out, take… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
It can stand in the way of narration in cases where we want the protagonist to actually go through some kind of… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
I am proud of having drawn the first comic about a lesbian - and it didn't even occur to me that I… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
For me, before I learned how to read I was really interested in story and in landscape and nature. I decided to… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and… — Polly Toynbee Copy Share Image
The imagery is very much released from reality. It's not nailed down to specifics of the words. They're painting a picture, not… — Daniel B. Shapiro Copy Share Image
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest… — Rita Zahara Copy Share Image
I can't imagine being quite as lucky at any other time - I certainly never have been before. That goes right down… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
“There’s a chasm between writing about yourself and writing about your personal life. A lot of young writers want to turn their… — Billy Marshall Stoneking Copy Share Image
I like the story about me being pregnant. It was in some Australian magazine, on the front page! I was like, 'Wow,… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
Okay. how about that time when you smoked all that weed that you thought was laced with something? You fell into the… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
The psychological detective story in "Equus" made Peter Shaffer's name as a playwright. But it was his next play, "Amadeus," that cemented… — Bob Mondello Copy Share Image
It's the arrangement of events which makes the stories. It's throwing away, compressing, underlining. Hindsight can give structure to anything, but you… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
Back in the day as a kid, I was really drawn to the Hulk because it just felt so human and was… — Cress Williams Copy Share Image
I'm feeling really grateful. I'm feeling grateful that I've been able to participate in this game for as long as I have.… — Pink Copy Share Image
I think that if you're serving yourself before you're serving a story then that's where you end up being not funny. It's… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
While I wanted to be supportive of Kanye [west] on the phone call, you cannot 'approve' a song you haven't heard. Being… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
The story of the cursing of the fig tree is important for us today, for as the Jews of Jesus' time were… — Eric D. Huntsman Copy Share Image
Once a poet calls his myth a myth, he prevents the reader from treating it as a reality; we use the word… — Adam Kirsch Copy Share Image
The way you speak of the characters in your story shows what you think of the values of conservatives‚ or evolution, for… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I want out of the labels. I don't want my whole life crammed into a single word. A story. I want to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for… — Uwe Boll Copy Share Image
I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the… — Matthew Vaughn Copy Share Image
You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story - it belongs to me and to my children,… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
Life is a story. You and I are telling stories; they may suck, but we are telling stories. And we tell stories… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
I think that sense of unreality inspired me to write the story within the book that [August] Brill tells himself, one of… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Every morning for, I don't know how long, I came over to Alison's [McGhee] house and we sat in her office and… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Kids love me because I write stories that tell them about their capacity for evil. I'm one of the few writers who… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
'Cabin Fever' was very much inspired by 'The Thing.' It's really a perfect guy's horror movie: There's no love story, it's just… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
“There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I've always loved shows that combine both approaches - that have a mythology and a set of characters, whose stories develop and… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin',… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Good books leave an impression. Great books forever alter the way you think about what it means to be alive. You Disappear… — Dara Horn Copy Share Image
I dreamed of being a part of the stories—even terrifying one, even horror stories—because at least the girls in stories were alive… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a… — David Cook Copy Share Image
With all the stories that we have, it's still rare that we get to see what goes on in the minds of… — Rachel House Copy Share Image
More people telling stories leads to more interesting perspectives in this world. I often think we wouldn't get to these political impasses… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
![“I like the story about me being pregnant. It was in some Australian magazine, on the front page! I was like, 'Wow, that's just [insane].' And it's not even ironic. I don't even think the article [tried to justify it]; it was just a headline. The article was just like, nothing.” quote by Robert Pattinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/robert-pattinson-778_articles_i-like-the-story-about-me-being-pregnant_2574183.jpg)
![“I'm feeling really grateful. I'm feeling grateful that I've been able to participate in this game for as long as I have. I'm feeling grateful that I've been able to tell my stories. I don't know that my mom and dad are that grateful, or Carey [Hart, Pink's husband], but it's been good for me. I'm…” quote by Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/pink-2472_able_i-m-feeling-really-grateful-i-m-feeling_1782867.jpg)
![“While I wanted to be supportive of Kanye [west] on the phone call, you cannot 'approve' a song you haven't heard. Being falsely painted as a liar when I was never given the full story or played any part of the song is character assassination.” quote by Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/taylor-swift-125_assassination_while-i-wanted-to-be-supportive-of-kanye_2680618.jpg)
![“I think that sense of unreality inspired me to write the story within the book that [August] Brill tells himself, one of the stories he tells himself.” quote by Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/paul-auster-351_august_i-think-that-sense-of-unreality-inspired_3009692.jpg)
![“Every morning for, I don't know how long, I came over to Alison's [McGhee] house and we sat in her office and wrote the stories "out loud" together. We yelled at each other and made each other laugh. It was a lot of fun.” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/kate-dicamillo-599_every-morning_every-morning-for-i-don-t-know-how-long_2433344.png)
