My aunts told wonderful stories. Not to me, but to each other. We had a very strong family. My mother's sisters loved… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
I'd define it as self-awareness: an ability to trust your own judgment. An ability to see through veils of bullshit or spins… — Joe Copy Share Image
I love seeing the light go on in aspiring writers' eyes when you point out ways to improve their prose or their… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
Many have been with the show for years, and they have sources in the business, so we do know things, but until… — Mary Hart Copy Share Image
For me, the only ego that needs serving in putting together a film is the story's, the ego of the story and… — Julia Ormond Copy Share Image
From the sense of being an ambassador for Jesus Christ, hopefully, through my story and through all the improbables and the miracles… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out. In Paradise there are no stories, because there are… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
To all those broken or hopeless, I have learned this: Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
I know I made plenty of mistakes in my tenure. But one of the things that you learn is to be very… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
My songs examine and explore little specific emotions or situations or stories... They're kitchen table songs, like a conversation between me and… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
The only thing going on is the progression of words and sentences across page after page and so suddenly we see this… — Nicholas G. Carr Copy Share Image
I decided to write Leadership BS because I was irritated by the hypocrisy in the leadership literature and the fact that many… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
I'm a memoir writer. I try to understand the world by taking experiences I have and making them into a story, whether… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
Her sister [June Havoc] said the musical portrayed who Gypsy [Rose Lee] wanted to be before the burlesque thing happened she wanted… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
Our history has moved in that direction slowly at times but unmistakably thanks to generations of Americans who refused to give up… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
All my stories and worlds spring from the basic principle of being a slave to the premise, to follow the consequences wherever… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
I’m not saying we had a playroom, but I’m not shocked by [the sex in the book]. It’s essential to tell the… — Jamie Dornan Copy Share Image
Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
He said to me I was a tree in a story about a forest, and that it was arrogant of me to… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Fear of being killed and fear of killing attracts people to killers and murders. Anyone who has covered homicides for a daily… — Charles Bowden Copy Share Image
I had sort of had a 21st birthday when I was 17, 18 years old living in Japan. I had all of… — Sarah Wright Copy Share Image
In any story, the villain is the catalyst. The hero's not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
“A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see… — Rasmenia Massoud Copy Share Image
I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
Behind every door in London there are stories, behind every one ghosts. The greatest writers in the history of the written word… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Audiences forget facts, but they remember stories. Once you get past the jargon, the corporate world is an endless source of fascinating… — Ian P. Griffin Copy Share Image
I'm not searching for hard news; I'm not a journalist, but I'm interested in pushing to boundaries of where we can do… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
So we face our final hours...and all that was once certain has become uncertain. Except for defeat. That, as always, is the… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
Why should there be only one sort of photography? I want to create images with elements of my choosing, narrative or evocative...… — Sarah Moon Copy Share Image
“What’s missing from the literature of our species are the stories of the peasants. The filthy illiterate. Those with no firm address,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
There are so many great stories and characters out there that you can just keep saying, "Yes," but you've got to eventually… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
I don't have to worry about writing jokes. I just tell stories about things that have happened to me. As long as… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
I have never written a play, a story, a poem, or my one film - anything - unless something was troubling me… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
“Your darkest moments are not meant to be swept under the carpet, hidden from the world in the silent pursuit of perfection.… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“The point of stories is not that they are objectively true, but that the soul of the story is truer than reality.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
![“Her sister [June Havoc] said the musical portrayed who Gypsy [Rose Lee] wanted to be before the burlesque thing happened she wanted to be this beautiful, romantic person with dreams. So Gypsy told the story of her life as she wished she'd lived it: embellishing, softening the edges, eliminating…” quote by Karen Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9d/karen-abbott-13658_beautiful_her-sister-june-havoc-said-the-musical-p_3013386.png)
![“Our history has moved in that direction slowly at times but unmistakably thanks to generations of Americans who refused to give up or back down.Now you are writing a new chapter of that story. This campaign [2016] is about making sure there are no ceilings, no limits on any of us. And this our…” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a73/hillary-clinton-51_campaigns_our-history-has-moved-in-that-direction_1577872.jpg)
![“I’m not saying we had a playroom, but I’m not shocked by [the sex in the book]. It’s essential to tell the story. I can’t believe films that don’t invoke a sexual side of it. So it works for me.” quote by Jamie Dornan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/jamie-dornan-5782_believe_i-m-not-saying-we-had-a-playroom-but-i-m_1205391.jpg)
