I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
We build our lives in moments, and even the ones we can't remember become the story of who we are. — Katherine Center Copy Share Image
There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind-the humorous. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image
I never knew a man could tell so many lies, he had a different story for every set of eyes. How can… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Everything we are is anchored in our childhoods. The drama comes in how we deal with it. Are we slaves to our… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in the idioms… — Gilbert Ryle Copy Share Image
From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I know that obviously, that if you want to get the story, if you want to get close to somebody, if you… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
It was mix tapes, that's my story, I did a lot of mix tapes, that's what I started doing when I was… — Slim Thug Copy Share Image
Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
I have definitely been curious and involved in the process; even as a young actor. I was always looking at where the… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
If when we are taught English we are just taught the rules of grammar, it would take all our love of our… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits.… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
Whatever character you play, whatever film it is, whatever story it is, for me, in my training it's always something that gives… — Julia Ormond Copy Share Image
Usually the beginning of a story that people hear a lot. For example, "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut" or… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
On the plane, an eight-year-old with an excess of testosterone keeps running across my feet. Finally I grab him by his T-shirt… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
There are two magic acts I want to pull off when I write. One is creating a feeling that when you're inside… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The body is there because the mind seeks desires through the body; desires cannot be fulfilled without the body. You can be… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there,… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
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