The Irish tell the story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in St.… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
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Whenever I go to Germany I find that my readers have T-shirts with my book covers printed on them. They come to… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
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I sat down and wrote a short story in two weeks and submitted it to Marion Zimmer Bradley. And Marion bought "Wound… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I am always considering the reader. Although this is admittedly kind of odd: Which reader? On what day? In what mood? For… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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'To Kill a Mockingbird' is really two stories. One is a coming-of-age tale told from the point of view of Scout Finch,… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we can’t live without telling them and hearing them. Stories are how… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
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I spent six years as a child growing not far from Las Vegas.I use to sit on the porch of our home… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The least livable life is the one without coherence-nothing connects, nothing means anything. Stories make connections. They allow us to see our… — Daniel Taylor Copy Share Image
This is the mythosphere. It's made up of all the stories, theories and beliefs, legends, myths and hopes, that are generated here… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be… — Anna Friel Copy Share Image
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In the world of form, everything changes and evolves. So, there was a certain evolution of the teaching. Different pointers came in,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Truth must be dug up from the past and presented to the circle of scholastics in scientific form and then through stories… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you… — Tate Taylor Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated with the way that things pop on the Internet - the ways you build communities and create little… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing… — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
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I don't know what makes a good feature story. I've always assumed that if it was a story that interested or amused… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: Go hence, to have more… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book;… — Paula Danziger Copy Share Image
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The story, it's really important to The Ancient One that Doctor Strange does cut it because The Ancient One needs a successor,… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
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Old people always tell you: 'When you've been around as long I have, then you can argue.' As soon as they're ripped… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I'm pretty committed to being a filmmaker because it incorporates everything I love: music, art direction, story, and you know - everything. — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
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