I think suspense should be like any other color on a writers palette. I suppose Im in the minority but I think… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
A 3K word story might well be done in some caffeine-and-nicotine-fuelled 36 hour session, and at the end of it, there'll be… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
“The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind and yet I found myself… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
You know, the usual story. Once upon a time I was playing my harp by a spring when a fairy appeared out… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You had bands like D.O.A., or Black Flag, and a whole network opened up to trailblazer a counter culture movement. I'm more… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
Phil Ershler is a world class climber and guide. Sue Ershler is a first class businesswoman. But their story is not just… — Jim Whittaker Copy Share Image
The problem with relegating black history to one really short month, the shortest month, is not only are we telling the same… — Karyn Parsons Copy Share Image
I've been intrigued by 'Le Monde' ever since work took me to Paris once, and I noted that on a day when… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
I didn't get into Tupac [Shakur] until a little later, once I started understanding rap and people's stories. Eminem was the first… — Tyga Copy Share Image
We talked--recent history only--and Lucas relayed the story of how Francis came to be his roommate. "He showed up at the door… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
Before the 11th of September, in my discussions with many officials of the United States, some of them are Congressmen, I used… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
While some multimillionaires started in poverty, most did not. A study of the origins of 303 textile, railroad and steel executives of… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to convince someone is to use a telling example, a story, a narrative. When Steve Jobs announced… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
I always loved English because whatever human beings are, we are storytellers. It is our stories that give a light to the… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
The new cosmic story emerging into human awareness overwhelms all previous conceptions of the universe for the simple reason that it draws… — Brian Swimme Copy Share Image
But to me, the most important page in my daughter's book is the last one - because it's blank. It says 'Your… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
What I may intend for a story to communicate and what a story ends up communicating could be two different things. And… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good,… — Benjamin Zander Copy Share Image
The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is… — America Ferrera Copy Share Image
And you, Prince Elric? She attracted the albino's wandering attention. Do you know his story? Elric shook his head. I only know,… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
I enjoyed [Celebrity Ghost Stories]. I never thought in a million years that I would tell people that I saw a ghost.… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Every story, every poem, every written piece is about belonging. There is a me, there is a we, there is an us,… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Music is trying to tell a story, and I love the rock vibe. Hearing that finished product is almost the same high… — Jeff Hardy Copy Share Image
In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second… — Edward John Trelawny Copy Share Image
I've thought a lot about the power of empathy. In my work, it's the current that connects me and my actual pulse… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every… — Shakira Copy Share Image
With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. 'Terra Nova' is the… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
'Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
…everything has a narrative, really, and if you can’t understand a story and relate to it, figure out how you fit inside… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Soros and the Tides Foundation have been trying to indoctrinate our kids. Do you remember that stupid - what was the name… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
I take the subway all the time here in New York. I love people watching and trying to figure out everybody's background,… — Sherri Shepherd Copy Share Image
I think I read Susan Brownmiller's classic book called "Femininity" when I was about 16. So yeah, it's been part of my… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“But stories are just tools. They should not become our goals or our yardsticks. When we forget that they are mere fiction,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Howard's enchanting Hospice obeys its own magical inner logic with excellent prose and a sadness that will split open hearts. You have… — Deb Olin Unferth Copy Share Image
My way of being with people is probably incredibly unhealthy, in that I'll be incredibly social, and I won't write a word… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I think that's something that Oprah [Winfrey] and Ava [ DuVernay] do seamlessly. They know how to connect to people and they… — Kofi Siriboe Copy Share Image