I won't even think about acting in a role where I didn't do a back story for a character. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?' — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
I’ll walk forever with stories inside me that the people I love the most can never hear. — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Novels are very different than films and I love to see someone else's imagining of my story. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Love is pointless. It’s the same sad sad story of with the same inevitable ending of miserable deterioration.” — Arnold Arre Copy Share Image
Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day. — Marissa Mayer Copy Share Image
There are some people who believe that these are not real stories with real people, but they actually are. — Samantha Bee Copy Share Image
I do not think that you can be changing the end of a song or a story like that, as though it… — Rosemary Sutcliff Copy Share Image
When I see a news story on a site, about a movie that I'm interested in, it's like the mouse going for… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Toy Story 3 is so besotted with brand names and product-placement that it stops being about the innocent pleasures of imagination --… — Armond White Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living … — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune.… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
Don't leave you to go find your point of view and your story. You are all you have been given . .… — Bret Lott Copy Share Image
I'm not a World War II buff. I know a little bit about it, I was taught the other side of the… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
I enjoy the research element. There are so many stories from the past that interest me, that I want to learn more… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I think you have to be ready to switch gears and go with the team as a director, as opposed to superimposing… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
I guess I've always been kind of obsessed with food. I always liked drawing food, and I always liked stories - I… — Bryan Lee O'Malley Copy Share Image
We live in a culture bound by sin like bands of iron. Moral stories, quaint maxims, and life lessons shared from the… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
“She tried to slip out of his embrace without waking him up, but she felt him stir as she moved his hand.… — Arti Honrao Copy Share Image
A lot of the book [The Yoga of Max's Discontent] is about karma and rebirth. Things like that are very attuned to… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
I've come to recognize what I call my 'inside interests.' Telling stories. And helping people tell their stories is a sort of… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
There are so many angles to follow up: government incompetence, sophisticated charity scams, how insurance companies treat victims, construction of the levees,… — Brian Ross Copy Share Image
There are two ways to tell the story. Funny or sad. Guys like it funny, with lots of gore and a grin… — Phil Klay Copy Share Image