It's easy to set a story anywhere if you get a good guidebook and get some basic street names, and some descriptions,… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel - I know what… — Elle Macpherson Copy Share Image
I remember when I was doing Mermaids [1990], I was 16 and they gave me a B12 shot once. My parents weren't… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
When you hire that first person, then you're a boss. You've got performance reviews. You've got complaints about not making enough money.… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
The democratic race is really boring when the media is basically writing stories and spending money to ask questions in a poll… — Dana Perino Copy Share Image
Placing a wedge of lime in the neck of a Corona bottle helps sell those beers. And where did that ritual come… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
“You know, who tells the stories of a culture really governs human behaviour. It used to be the parent, the school, the… — George Gerbner Copy Share Image
My uncle who helped in a big part of raising me from when I was young, had moved from California, and would… — Theo Rossi Copy Share Image
I hope to make pictures like I walk in the desert—under a spell, an instinct of motion, a kind of knowing that… — Ellen Meloy Copy Share Image
There just isn’t a weak season of 'Breaking Bad.' There’s just superior work, a sprint toward evil that turned into a marathon.… — Hank Stuever Copy Share Image
When I got to college, the fake ID thing wasn't that important, since pretty much everyone could get away with drinking in… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
I always say about that movie [ Brokeback mountain], which I think maybe over time is more understood, is that this is… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I feel lucky that Viceland wanted to make it, and I'm producing more than one film with LGBT characters and stories and… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
Through centuries of struggle, Jews across the world have been witnesses not only against the crimes of men, but for faith in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I was a semiotics major at Brown, and there's this idea that stories are better, books are better, and movies are better… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
There's something really the matter with most people who wear tattoos. There's at least some terrible story. I know from experience that… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
It's the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I'm not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
You think you're writing one historical novel and it turns into three, and I'm quite used to a short story turning into… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
A lot of times you'll hear horror stories about actors being incredibly selfish and only wanting themselves to shine, but for me,… — Mekhi Phifer Copy Share Image
That's kind of my ideal sequel - a movie that continues the story, takes one character and moves on, and moves forward… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Parents sometimes object to the amount of humor introduced into stories that are designed to teach moral or spiritual lessons. They seem… — Mike Berenstain Copy Share Image
I tell stories through dance, and I think that's why I'm so attracted to the theatre because even the choreography in theatre… — Susan Stroman Copy Share Image
This story is true. Of course, there are many lies therein and most of it did not happen, but it's all true.… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
The heart of Dragon's Lair has always been its compelling story. With Dragon's Lair 3D, we think the team has really created… — Don Bluth Copy Share Image
I suppose everybody does get attached to characters whether in movies or in stories, but I think that's part of the reason… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church,… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
“What I like most about the stories I write is exploring other lives and professions. It's a way of having all the… — Katie Fforde Copy Share Image
Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker,… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I've learned, it's that God is a very creative author, and He writes a different story for every… — Robin Jones Gunn Copy Share Image
I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
I love the idea of getting to play different characters and tell some stories. When you're passionate about a project, it's nice… — Emma Roberts Copy Share Image
My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
What you see determines how you interpret the world, which in turn influences what you expect of the world and how you… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
The lilac branches are bowed under the weight of the flowers: blooming is hard, and the most important thing is - to… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
The power of story is potent and that's why historical fiction can be an extraordinarily significant way of teaching people logical truth… — Hank Hanegraaff Copy Share Image