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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet. I often think I can still hear the cries of wild geese and… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
The themes in my books, like in life, are about grace and redemption and you never know when they're going to show… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Krys Lee has written a book of unforgettable stories, each one building on the other to create a complex, moving portrait of… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
The media are very dishonest. In fact, in covering my comments, the dishonest media did not explain that I called the fake… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying,… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
As far as I can recall, the initial shiver of inspiration [for Lolita] was somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Storytelling awakens us to that which is real. Honest. . . . it transcends the individual. . . . Those things that… — Terry Tempest Williams 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
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
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
“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
When media "narratives" about [Pope] Francis get set in concrete, and act as filters bending or distorting (or ignoring) aspects of his… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
The type of stories I write are about young people grappling with the biggest problems in their lives, often problems that are… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is always complicated, it's not like you snap your fingers and go, 'Ah, I know what I'll write'. For… — Reif Larsen Copy Share Image
Jerel Law has crafted a fantastic story that will leave every reader wanting more. Stop looking for the next great read in… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
...we are all a volume on the shelf of the... library, a story unto ourselves, never possibly described with one word or… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
While I don't like violent programs per se, I do like good storytelling, which made me a fan of shows like Breaking… — Hank Stuever Copy Share Image
Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
I absolutely love television. What's so great about TV is that I can tell 20 stories in a year. If I was… — Alex Hirsch Copy Share Image
Listen to other people tell their story, but don't believe them. You know that it's just a story that is only true… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
It's your life story if you're a mathematician: every time you discover something neat, you discover that Gauss or Newton knew it… — Bill Gosper Copy Share Image
Usually, there's a story I've told that leads up to why I'm singing the song. The whole concept of the show was… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
Every work [of literature] has both a situation and a story. The situation is the context or circumstance, sometimes the plot; the… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Very few writers understand the complex history and maddening social order of the Mississippi Delta. For Steve Yarbrough, though, it's home turf.… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
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