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Scheherazade, of course, was always in the back of my mind, because she's also a storyteller identified as female who tells a… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of 'The Lord of the Rings'. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were… — Sean Bean Copy Share Image
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I am always looking for stories that will shed light on how companies define themselves - for better or for worse. When… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see what's… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
It [Lincoln movie] had nothing to do with politics. It had nothing to do with holding a mirror up to the way… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
People have suggested that perhaps we are too affluent to be telling this story, which is amazing to me because then I… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
“There are all kinds of silences and each of them means a different thing. There is the silence that comes with morning… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
Here's what I want from a book, what I demand, what I pray for when I take up a novel and begin… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I Need a Good Book I need a good story. I need a good book. The kind that explodes Off the shelf.… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr Copy Share Image
If you like to make things out of wood, or sew, or dance, or style people's hair, or dream up stories and… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Opera was an enormous part of my childhood. My parents were both opera buffs, and they met in the box seat of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my… — Gabrielle Aplin Copy Share Image
One of the things I love most about second person is that it reminds the reader that they are reading a text.… — Rob Roberge Copy Share Image
Some people say I appeared on the Phil Donahue show to tell "my" sex change story but I've never appeared on his… — Eileen Davidson Copy Share Image
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The harder part of doing a real story is that there are real people and you have a responsibility to not just… — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
Music is, for me, a great tool of a filmmaker, the same way cinematography, the acting, editing, post-production, the costumes are. You… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Like so many aspiring writers who still have boxes of things they've written in their parents' houses, I filled notebooks with half-finished… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
I do think that there are gray lines of morality in a newsroom, when it comes to some stories. The best-intentioned journalist… — Jim Lynch Copy Share Image
Almost everything I say, no matter how innocent my intentions are, seems to get sort of manipulated and sensationalized and turned into… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people complain about how books and stories change when they're translated to the screen. But I think sometimes… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I didn't want to travel. I didn't want to leave my family. I heard all these stories from Dad about not having… — Kim Weston Copy Share Image
Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where… — Luke Wilson Copy Share Image
Humor is important. If you're going to tell any sort of realistic story, you're going to have to have humor in it,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Copy Share Image
I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I've learned is that freedom… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
A people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves. Sick storytellers can make nations sick. Without stories we… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was,… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
We photographers say that we take a picture, and in a certain sense, that is true. We take something from people's lives,… — Steve McCurry Copy Share Image
All their life in this world and all their adventures had only been the cover and the title page: now at last… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With the new game I'm going to be involved from the ground up. I have had story input and the whole thing… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
Humanity can live without science, it can live without bread, but it cannot live without beauty. Without beauty, there would be nothing… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Everybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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![“It [Lincoln movie] had nothing to do with politics. It had nothing to do with holding a mirror up to the way we conduct our business on Capitol Hill. This was meant to be a story, a Lincoln portrait if you will. I think any time is the right time for a very compelling story, any time.” quote by Steven Spielberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/steven-spielberg-963_capitol_it-lincoln-movie-had-nothing-to-do-with_993663.jpg)
