True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
I didn’t do anything. I don’t have an explanation, I don’t know why I wanted to write. I did some short stories… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
I've done so many movies with first-time directors, and honestly I just go with gut instinct. People that usually can tell me… — Neal H. Moritz Copy Share Image
Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people I've ever encountered in my life; one of the most amazing stories I… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person… — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
Your ultimate life experience and legacy is being built moment by moment, day by day. Your story is being crafted by your… — Brendon Burchard Copy Share Image
Herein, folks, lies the answer of [Donald] Trump's success. In other words, the media covers things as stories that you would read… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
To figure out what people think, look at the stories that they tell. We might never get away from the image of… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
Since each story presents its own technical problems, obviously one can't generalize about them on a two-times-two-equals-four basis. Finding the right form… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Movies such as 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Front Page' portrayed an era when driven newspapermen would do anything to get a story.… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
[Kafka] transformed the profoundly antipoetic material of a highly bureaucratized society into the great poetry of the novel; he transformed a very… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
If there is a lesson in our story it is that the manipulation, according to strictly self-consistent rules, of a set of… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
I really don't want to produce artwork that does not have meaning beyond simple decorative values. I want to use public space… — Judy Baca Copy Share Image
I want to tell the story. Mostly, when you see rock movies, it has to be this over-the-top thing. I want to… — Bret Michaels Copy Share Image
I get very selfish at times. I write about things that are interesting to me. Which are often very different. All of… — Wright Thompson Copy Share Image
My story follows a very classic tragic paradigm in which you learn things too late for them to be of any use,… — Marco Roth Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm… — Frances Farmer Copy Share Image
As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I want to encourage kids to speak up, to tell their stories. That is the only way people will know what we… — Lauren Potter Copy Share Image
My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
Throughout the lead-up to the war, CNN worked hard to air all sides of the story. We had a regular segment called… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm living in Los Angeles, I'm in films and I'm on television, and I'm working with actors and telling stories. I'm living… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
He felt a little lost, after that experience. Lost as the girls on their knees. It was a never-ending story of young… — Jess C Scott Copy Share Image
I know what you're thinking - that anybody with proper sensitive feelings would rather scrub floors for a living. But I should… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
The characters in my stories all have quite loud lives in my head. It's a relief to get them on the page.… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
First and foremost, God is the true hero of the story. No matter how captivating the other characters may be, our top… — Carolyn Custis James Copy Share Image
“STORIES ARE WEBS, INTERCONNECTED STRAND TO STRAND, and you follow each story to the center, because the center is the end. Each… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think they find it - they find me quite confusing, because - they know the music, but they don't know anything… — Enya Copy Share Image
Not only is your story your truth, your story is going to be the platform and the foundation for everything that's getting… — DeVon Franklin Copy Share Image
When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking… — Gayl Jones Copy Share Image
“What a storyteller does is *see* more than most of us. We say he's making up his stories, but he—or better yet,… — Dean Hughes Copy Share Image
Unless I'm writing in the Igbo language, I use a language developed elsewhere, which is English. That affects the way I write.… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The shows I've been working on, especially 'Parenthood' and 'Friday Night Lights,' I think are completely character-driven stories. I think, for most… — Jason Katims Copy Share Image
Steven, my friend who came out to me my senior year, was a huge Madonna fan. So I may know all the… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Music helps define the character and is an extension of the character somehow, so that you are able to use both the… — Alessandro Nivola Copy Share Image
![“Herein, folks, lies the answer of [Donald] Trump's success. In other words, the media covers things as stories that you would read about in a book or watch in a movie or a television show - and in this case, in the Republican primary, Trump was not the villain.” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/rush-limbaugh-28_answers_herein-folks-lies-the-answer-of-donald-t_2691805.jpg)
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