I'm a narrative-minded actor. I'm thinking of the story. I'm not worried about whether the camera is on the right side of… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
A real love story is sometimes exhausting. A romance is deliberately constructed to yield a certain result; the ambiguities are trimmed out,… — Melissa Pritchard Copy Share Image
I wonder what it felt to move to a country where you didn't grow up. I had thought about that often since… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
For me, a story's a story if people want to hear it; it's very much based on oral storytelling. And for me,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The books of our childhood offer a vivid door to our own pasts, and not necessarily for the stories we read there,… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Iliad by Homer is one of the great stories in literature. And I thought its themes really resonated today, whether that was… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture - even… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
Gettting to know your characters is so much more important than plotting. Working out every detail of your story in advance, especially… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
It thought about the magic that happens when you tell a story right, and everybody who hears it not only loves the… — Katherine Hannigan Copy Share Image
Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that… — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
In the story of the Creation we read: ". . . And behold, it was very good." But, in the passage where… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. When I first arrived, I looked around… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
And this reality extends beyond this life. Heaven is full of forgiven people. Hell is full of forgiven people. Heaven is full… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Showing young children in these communities, that there are outlets for their feelings, that there is room in a space for their… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
What differentiates the success stories from the failures is that the successful entrepreneurs had the foresight, the ability, and the tools to… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
Every time you finish something ... you figure you've finally learned to write, right? Then you start something else and it turns… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
When the storyteller tells the truth, she reminds us that human beings are more alike than unalike... A story is what it's… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the "Secret Annexe." The title alone would… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
Images are probably the most important part of the poem. First of all you want to tell a story, but images are… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Facts are fine, fer as they go ... but they're like water bugs skittering atop the water. Legends, now - they go… — Marguerite Henry Copy Share Image
Chicago is not a bad place to live. But the usual story of immigration is the happy fulfillment of human potential in… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Etta James is my all-time favorite singer. I've said it in every interview, in every story, in every on- and off-camera question.… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
I am convinced that when we bring our griefs and sorrows within the story of God's own grief and sorrow, and allow… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Telling a true story about personal experience is not just a matter of being oneself, or even or finding oneself. It is… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
“Our stories are all we have. The only thing that can save us is to learn each other's stories. From beginning to… — Karen Fisher Copy Share Image
I can't impress enough upon people that if you tell an honest story that people relate to and people believe and invest… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
We know the Church wasn't born 200 years ago. It's encouraging to see some of the post-denominational churches actually wanting to reconnect… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
CNN, a part of the Time Warner company, lives for news about everything and anyone. In the office, the bosses openly discuss… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
It is really hard to be lonely very long in a world of words. Even if you don't have friends somewhere, you… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
It's a great story. It's available for anyone else who wants to try it. We're not brilliant. We're not unbelievable. We're just… — Jerry Moss Copy Share Image
The big story is Bruce Jenner. In last week's interview, Jenner said he's a woman who is transitioning his body from male… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I am heartbroken that this movie would cause anyone pain. It should be a source of joy. The story is a metaphor… — Swoosie Kurtz Copy Share Image
Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Histories used often to be stories: the fashion now is to leave out the story. Our histories are stall-fed: the facts are… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
