We know people by their stories: their history, their habits, their secrets, their triumphs and failures. We know them by what they… — Bruce Barcott Copy Share Image
Once upon a time' These are the most magical words our world has ever known and the gateway to the greatest stories… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
Experiments on split-brain patients reveal how readily the left brain interpreter can make up stories and beliefs. In one experiment, for example,… — Michael Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
Day 24. Situation is growing worse. My captors continue to find new and horrific ways to torture me. When not working, Agent… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Human behaviour reveals uniformities which constitute natural laws. If these uniformities did not exist, then there would be neither social science nor… — Vilfredo Pareto Copy Share Image
You hear headlines from time to time about the Amazon rainforest disappearing at a greater or lesser rate… The real story is… — Patrick Symmes Copy Share Image
What I think after reading the script and seeing where the story goes, I go with my instincts on the character. If… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
I had lines inside me, a string of guiding lights. I had language. Fiction and poetry are doses, medicines. What they heal… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Most of the complexity of the stories has developed as the stories came along (and may be a product of the principle… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
What I love in a woman is not what she is in and for herself, but the side of herself she turns… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Breaking down that wall is the kind of story that might have a happy middle - oh, look, we broke down this… — John Green Copy Share Image
I used to publish these stories in 32-page comics, and I would either do short stories or break the long ones up… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
“Yes, life is hard,” whispers Erika, “but knowing about other people, other civilisations, other ways of living, other places – that’s your… — Eliza Granville Copy Share Image
Great historians can make the discovery of the real story more exciting than the romantic myth. Stacy Schiff, a great historian as… — Evan Thomas Copy Share Image
I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
For me, I was watching Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Victor Fleming movies, and I said, "I want to tell stories… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I actually like older horror movies more than newer ones because when I'm watching newer ones, like 'Chucky' or 'Saw' or whatever,… — Emily Alyn Lind Copy Share Image
Ezra clapped his hands. "all right," he said. "In addition to the books we're reading as a class, I want to do… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
Though "Veer-Zaara" is a film about cross-border love, there isn't a word of politics in it. Forget politics, there isn't slap, not… — Yash Chopra Copy Share Image
I regret that there aren't more short stories in other magazines. But in a certain way, I think the disappearance of the… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
Many writers-in-waiting spend a lot of time avoiding the work at hand. The most common way to avoid writing is by procrastination.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“There was a time he’d heard tales of Dab Sweet and he’d stuck thumbs in his belt and chin to the sky… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my favorite movies were the George Pal version of 'War Of The Worlds,' 'Them,' and 'Invasion of… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
Everything I do and say tells a story of who I am serving. If I am acting out of anger and spite,… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that… — Joe Montana Copy Share Image
At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A… — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
Even a beautiful God-scripted love story can never satisfy the way Jesus does...And until we are able to truly make Him our… — Leslie Ludy Copy Share Image
How does it happen that a writer who's not even very good - and I can say that, I've read four or… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Of all the alchemies of human connection-sex and childbirth and marriage and friendship-the strangest is this: You can stand up and tell… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
I can see it. This one moment when you know you’re not a sad story. You’re alive. And you stand up and… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I think we all are born inside of our parents' narratives. We stay there for a good while. We are taught their… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I had started out with the intent to make a love story and something not so grave or so dark.So I went… — Abdellatif Kechiche Copy Share Image
If you're in a popular TV show, you can attract attention, and I like to help focus that on stories that deserve… — Tony Goldwyn Copy Share Image
I try to make films where the audience forgets the filmmaking and gets engrossed in the story as it unfolds. I don't… — Kim Longinotto Copy Share Image
I was on the set of the first Powers pilot, and an actor of color came up to me and said, "When… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
A major boom in real stock prices in the US after Black Tuesday brought them halfway back to 1929 levels by 1930.… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton has a long track record of service in public life. And you can look at that. I tell the story… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
There are a lot of college writing textbooks that will include essays and short stories, and after reading the story or essay,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
