Part of what compels me to write day after day, chapter after chapter, is the discovery process, seeing the characters evolve as… — Jillian Medoff Copy Share Image
I don't mind bad stories when it's true, but we have an administration where the Democrats are making it very difficult. I… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Because stories are how we share our lives and what we truly mourn when they are lost. Stories are what connect us… — Grace Lin Copy Share Image
The melodies were melodies that anybody could sing or hum or whistle. And the words were just about that simple. I think… — Don Helms Copy Share Image
The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I love comedy. I love to make people laugh. (But) anything that's telling a good story makes me happy. So, I just… — Teryl Rothery Copy Share Image
Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin'… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I met journalists that were on both sides of things. People who are young, enthusiastic and hard working journalists working on the… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
There tends to be this hierarchy of film and television, and theater is somewhere else in its own milieu. However, as actors,… — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
I've always loved history, from my youngest memories. My father enjoyed the great stories of history, like Hereward the Wake, Robin Hood,… — Jo Beverley Copy Share Image
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
A good mixtape didn't just gather together a bunch of love songs, but instead created an emotional narrative specific to your affection.… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
My work is very dear to me, and certainly I have had all the emotional highs and lows that go with trying… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
In its jolly mission to expose the dark underbelly of the children’s book world, Wild Things! turns up stories I’ve been hearing… — Paul O. Zelinsky Copy Share Image
My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
They'll probably start working on my movie sometime... They are doing a complete movie of my life story. It will not be… — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
We need the historian and philosopher to give us with trenchant pen, the story of our forefathers, and let our soul and… — Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Copy Share Image
When you're in sync with the director, on the type of movie you want to make, the arc of the characters, how… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter where or how it is grown as long as it is packaged in plastic, put on the supermarket shelves,… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
“I can tell you a dozen different stories. This is what we are: a collection of stories that we share, in common.… — Graham Joyce Copy Share Image
I don't think because a story has humor in it means it's brief. For some reason, people think anything that's 30 minutes… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Each of my novels has come from a different place, and the processes are not always entirely conscious. I have lived off… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers… — Casey Kasem Copy Share Image
...I told him a story of two people. Two people who shouldn't have met, and who didn't like each other much when… — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
“Our business is communication oftentimes through the medium of stories but our capacity has a far greater scope - to entertain certainly,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
If you aren't having fun, if you aren't anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
I have no skills. I mean, I can make jokes, I'm pretty good at talking to people on the Judge John Hodgman… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Pacing has become more important than ever, largely because of other media. I've always tried to start my stories out with a… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
I think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
“fiction started up, and we started burning brain cells on stories about things that didn’t happen to people who didn’t exist. Why?… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
I like the idea of a love story between men. There is a great affection between men, which exists much more in… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
I set myself up for a lot of trouble by wanting to tell a story that is fairly earnest and emotional and… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People love miracle stories and dramatic moments of transcendence or transformation, and may then pursue their own dramatic "awakenings." — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Skill sheets, workbooks, basal reader, flash cards are not enough. To convey meaning you need someone sharing the meaning and flavor of… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
