My father, if anything, first and last, was a man of words. He loved stories; he didn't live for stories, exactly, but… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Comic strips introduced me to metaphors. They are pure metaphor, so you learn how to tell a story with symbols, which is… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Very few women have become famous for being who they actually are, nuanced and imperfect. When honesty happens, it's usually couched in… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
The woeful tales of 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Street Fighter' have taught studios that merely slapping a name to a movie is… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
Father may have been wanting in some things, but here he was masterful. Night upon night, I marveled at his power to… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Changers are characters who alter in significant ways as a result of the events of your story. They learn something or grow… — Nancy Kress Copy Share Image
Only Ron's dog was watching William. He considered that it had, for a dog, a very offensive and knowing look. A couple… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Hamilton had a complaint. "Why did you have to tell the cops I'm your boyfriend? That's gross, Amy. We're related!" Amy was… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
Patti Callahan Henry’s THE STORIES WE TELL is a lyrical exploration of love and longing, secrets and suspicion, family and friendship, all… — Mary Kay Andrews Copy Share Image
Even one word, or certainly one sentence, should be able to describe the basic characteristic that the scene has, or the character… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
We tell ourselves stories in order to live...We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
One of the main jobs of conciousness is to keep our life tied together into a coherent story, a self-concept. It does… — Joseph E. LeDoux Copy Share Image
I've had to try and find a way over the years of writing narratively that doesn't really require you to sit down… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.' 'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.' 'When are we… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
It is organized as a fellowship of men, a system of morals, a philosophy taught by degrees through the use of symbol,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Finally I do like best of all stories whose necessity is in the implied recognition that someplace out there there exists an… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Remember on this one thing, said Badger. The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
Comeback records always worry me, especially when they're made by one of my heroes, and I'd heard stories about Gil Scott-Heron recently,… — Will Hermes Copy Share Image
People have taught me what most doctors don't learn, in other words, when somebody does better than expected, the doctor will tell… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
Start dating someone who is funny, someone who has what in high school you called a "really great sense of humor" and… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
There are really only two stories the coal industry tells: "Coal keeps the lights on, and by implication, you'll live in medieval,… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
Telling purposeful stories is interactive. It's not a monolog. Ultimately, purposeful tellers must surrender control of their stories, creating a gap for… — Peter Guber Copy Share Image
Damen is gorgeous. I know this without looking up. I just focus on my book as he makes his way toward me… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
I let myself go at the beginning and write with an easy mind, but by the time I get to the middle… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I tried to go to community college for a while, and it's a funny story. I walked into the English class on… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
Patti Callahan Henry seamlessly combines mystery, family love, and personal journey all in one engrossing tale. From the intriguing beginning to the… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I'd once been fascinated by his legend - all the stories I'd heard before I met him. Now I can feel that… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
As we were negotiating, I didn't have a script. Once the deal is closed, they let you read the script. So, I… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis!… — Jacques Audiard Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was told that I had a biological father, but that he didn't have much importance. I… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
The bible is very resonant. It has everything, creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the bible and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The Witch's Life" When I was a child there was an old woman in our neighborhood whom we called The Witch. All… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Horror fiction seems to spawn more dumbass 'rules' than any other kind of writing, and one of the dumbest is the assumed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As with any other great force of nature, there is both glory and danger in the stories we tell ourselves. Some are… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
I write simply because I hear voices of people in my head who won't give me peace until I convey their stories… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
There's also something happening in television similar to what happened in the '80s, when people stopped taking so many drugs and wanted… — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
