I'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
...we should never judge anyone; a 'wicked' action which we may see as 'evil', may be necessary for the greater good. Where… — Robert S. Jepson, Jr Copy Share Image
During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
We all have such stories. It is a brutal arithmetic. But I - I am alive. You are alive. As long as… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was… — Patrick J. Adams Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist, but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The Bible is endlessly interesting because it is God's story, and God by nature is himself endlessly interesting. The Bible is an… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
I started realizing that one of the great things about opera is that if you make the right kind of story, you… — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
I truly value the cinema experience, the tribal gathering in the dark to watch something larger than life. I like to sit… — Pamela Yates Copy Share Image
The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
This story is the ultimate example of American’s biggest political problem. We no longer have the attention span to deal with any… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Love and happiness inextricably combined? I wanted love stories to coincide with war stories, I wanted hope for my characters, I wanted… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
In other words Luke's story is historically impossible and internally inconsistent. He lied to fudge the fulfillment of Micah's prophesy and to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
For me to get the support and the love and response we did from critics, but to also be at Trader Joe's… — Monica Potter Copy Share Image
The men began to trade tales of atrocities, first stories they had heard, then those they'd witnessed, and finally the things that… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I do find stories - or literary fiction - an apt form for analyzing the world. And especially for trying to imagine… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
Somewhere In Time is the story of a love which transcends time , What Dreams May Come is the story of a… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
It is the consistency of the information that matters for a good story, not its completeness. Indeed, you will often find that… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Semi-facetiously, when people ask me why I write these kinds of stories, I simply say that I was warped as a child.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Join with those who sing songs, tell stories, enjoy life ... because happiness is contagious. Join those who walk with their heads… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It's an unusual way to write a crime novel, to have these lingering, fairly large story points, but it's something I knew… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
I usually dont like to spoon feed my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so… — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
I don't think nostalgia is very useful to me. There is a story to be told, there's behaviour to create or to… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can… — Ajay Naidu Copy Share Image
I never do pictures that I've done before - but I really try not to. Whenever I get an assignment I try… — Gregory Heisler Copy Share Image
History, mythology, and folktales are filled with stories of people punished for saying the truth. Only the Fool, exempt from society's rules,… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Remember the story of the Spanish prisoner. For many years he was confined in a dungeon... One day it occurred to him… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
When a book is read an irrevocable thing happens — a murder, followed by an imposture. The story in the mind murders… — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
Witness protection just makes for exciting stories and it's a really rich sort of place to grab stories from... people starting over… — Mary McCormack Copy Share Image
It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Only meaning can make a difference and we all know there's no meaning. All stories express a desire for meaning, not meaning… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
In 'Open City,' there is a passage that any reader of Joyce will immediately recognise as a very close, formal analogue of… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I don't write poetry or short stories. I don't like to write articles usually. I tend to really only want to be… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
This is the amazing thing about you. Had I not known anything about your story, I would have absolutely not a clue… — Piers Morgan Copy Share Image
