“People have always wanted to in some way inhabit the stories that move them. The only real variable is whether technology gives… — Frank Rose Copy Share Image
My life has been wild enough to derive all of the stories you need out of it. I've been through many, many… — Ron White Copy Share Image
Ideologically, I have a lot of problems with that, especially when people toss around that form of story as realism. What's called… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
“The biblical account of Noah's Ark and the Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundamentalists to defend. Where, for example,… — Judith Hayes Copy Share Image
I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister.… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
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The last element in drama is high stakes. War, of course, is life and death - survival, not only for the story's… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical… — Frank Lampard Copy Share Image
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Short story writers simply do what human beings have always done. They write stories because they have to; because they cannot rest… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
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I worked very hard as a young journalist learning the trade and asking questions, understanding what a story is and being able… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
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It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
The funniest racism is the racism between minorities. It's something you don't see dramatized, but almost every minority I know who's my… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
Basically you come up with the fictional idea and you start writing that story, but then in order to write it and… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Each day has a story to - deserves to be told, because we are made of stories. I mean, scientists say that… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
The first science fiction show on television was 'Tales Of Tomorrow' using scripts from the radio show 'X-1' which used stories from… — David Gerrold 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
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
Rumors, stories... I'm used to them. I got my ribs removed, I was on 'The Wonder Years'... You know there's a different… — Marilyn Manson 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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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