There are far too many people for us to think about each of them during our short stay on earth—like the thousands… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
I used to be scared of the Candyman. You'd say his name three times in the mirror and then he'd come get… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
Rare is the book that can actually transform us into better, more fulfilled people. Having combed through the research and documented case… — Ann Curry Copy Share Image
Death of the Father would deprive literature of many of its pleasures. If there is no longer a Father, why tell stories?… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation. If… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
I like to have a much greater base and know a lot more about my character before I begin to fill the… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
Once I became an adult and started to pursue writing as a professional career, I realized my main characters were always young… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
How could I have kept out this incredible fiction? That's when it all started for me. I was, and still am, a… — Arjen Anthony Lucassen Copy Share Image
“You don't have books?!' Rose almost sat up and banged her head on the roof rafters. That made the rats jump. 'How… — Lucy Adlington Copy Share Image
The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Shattered dreams are never random. They are always a piece in a larger puzzle, a chapter in a larger story. The Holy… — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
Obviously, we suppress things, emotions, things during the day - thoughts that we obviously haven't thought through enough, and in that state… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Sometimes not honoring your character makes for really good television, but that also can really upset fans. You have to turn things… — Azita Ghanizada Copy Share Image
I want people to talk more. I mean, I watch Game of Thrones and there's all sorts of crazy nudity in it...and… — Craig Zobel Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll go for something more because of the story, or more because of the director. But, generally, I have to feel… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
We need to call what is happening out of Washington, D.C., what it is: Bureaucratic terrorism: If you want a list of… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
Well, when Kathy Kennedy, who is the president of Lucasfilm, came to me to ask if I'd be interested in working on… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
Once in a rare while, you get to read a story of such breathtaking beauty and intelligence that you remember why you… — Robin Oliveira Copy Share Image
The investor is neither smart not richer when he buys in an advancing market and the market continues to rise. That is… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
A myth is a fantasy, a preferred lie, a foundational story, a hypnotic trance, an identity game, a virtual reality, one that… — Ginette Paris Copy Share Image
When you do your research write down whatever interests you. Whatever stimulates your imagination. Whatever seems important. A story is built like… — Roland Smith Copy Share Image
There is an old story from the Eastern tradition that says that when the gods created the universe, they found a place… — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
Because of an off-hand funny comment I made backstage at a concert years ago, a story circulated that the song has been… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
I think the detective story is by far the best upholder of the democratic doctrine in literature. I mean, there couldn't have… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
OF writing many books there is no end; And I who have written much in prose and verse For others' uses, will… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
People read a lot of stories about witches, fairies, paranormals, and children possessed by evil spirits. They go to films showing rituals… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
There are massive stacks of bad choices in my backyard. Haven't finished cleaning the place up but I'm workin' on it and… — Buddy Wakefield Copy Share Image
I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Almost every cartoonist, when he's sitting down to draw a funny face, if you watch him closely, his mouth is gonna curl… — Al Jaffee Copy Share Image
Whether the type of old sea captain that I have portrayed in my stories is gone forever, is a question. Certainly each… — Joseph C. Lincoln Copy Share Image
I've known Carolyn [Maloney] for years, by the way. I knew her when she was on the City Council and knew her… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
When the uncultured man sees a stone in the road it tells him no story other than the fact that he sees… — Elisha Gray Copy Share Image
My mom used to tell me stories at night, read books to me - and I read 'em over and over and… — Peter Guber Copy Share Image
As an English major I was familiar with the stories of dozens of writers trying to get their work done among the… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
I know not whether the remark is to our honour or otherwise, that lessons of wisdom have never such power over us,… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
American movie audiences now just don’t seem to be very interested in any kind of ambiguity or any kind of real complexity… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
If a large number of people who are convinced alien abductions are real are hypnotising even larger numbers of others who suspect… — Bryan Appleyard Copy Share Image