I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I think the population question is important, if we want to be as green as possible, any of… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
If you have to become a filmmaker, find a story that takes you away, and tell that story. Don't think about whether… — Anne Makepeace Copy Share Image
Admittedly, key archival documentation remains under lock and key and will be inaccessible for a long time to come. But enough material… — Fredrik Logevall Copy Share Image
There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
And nothing inspires as much shame as being a parent. Children confront us with our paradoxes and hypocrisies, and we are exposed.… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The desire to express in an art form and to compose a tableau and vignette whether it's humorous, burlesque, or poetic comes… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
I don’t mind if the character is a small character, but I would just like her to have a journey in the… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“I will tell these stories...because to do anything else would be something less than human. I speak to these people, and I… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Each and every component that makes up your life experience is drawn to you by the powerful Law of Attraction's response to… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
I'd have to think about it, but I was listening to this Johnny Cash song today that Tom Waits wrote for him… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I've never really found inspiration for story ideas in the news, but I'd say it certainly affects our lives in so many… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
Some people flinch when you talk about art in the context of the needs of society thinking you are introducing something far… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Very early on, I was writing stories, and I was amazed at Spielberg's movies when I was young. Coming from the countryside,… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
I think we should sometimes read stories where everything's different from our world, don't you agree? There's nothing's like it for teaching… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I like naked women. I'm a bloke. I'm supposed to like them. We're born like that. We like naked women as soon… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
That's just me wanting that supernatural tool to tell a story and also not wanting to be restricted by reality, with how… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Fans are always asking me where I get my ideas from. The answer is that I'm very curious, and I get inspiration… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Good writing is good writing. In many ways, it’s the audience and their expectations that define a genre. A reader of literary… — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
I think there is a kind of laconic Australian leg-pulling sense of humor that is certainly in some of my stories, or… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it. Those who… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge made that critical leap from 'be afraid' to 'be very afraid,' raising the terrorist threat level to… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Human memory awakens and extinguishes at will. It dulls and sharpens actions, enlarges and shrinks those who perform them. It humbles and… — Meir Shalev Copy Share Image
No matter your situation, you can make family history a part of your life right now. Primary children can draw a family… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
Truth and Truthfulness is an ambitious work, and its journeys into history give it a breadth unusual in these days of increased… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“Stories are masks of God. That's a story, too, of course. I made it up, in collaborations with Joseph Campbell and Scheherazade,… — Melanie Tem Copy Share Image
There were a couple times when we started working out the stories - and I was doing this with Jim Vallely and… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
"So we'd get in a horse and buggy and we would go and park under a tree and we'd read poetry to… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Intern is not just a gripping tale of becoming a doctor. It's also a courageous critique, a saga of an immigrant family… — Melvin Konner Copy Share Image
We are so programmed to feel that our emotions are the most important thing in the Universe...We write, produce and act in… — Krishna Das Copy Share Image
But it's hard for me to pinpoint where all my characters and dialogue come from - imagination or real life. My memoir,… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
The male intimacy and raw honesty was already developing on the page 'Oscillate Wildly' with these characters. Being explicit would not only… — Travis Mathews Copy Share Image
I'm not fighting with myself. Oh, my God. That's how I am. You know, the story of the hippo? The hippo comes… — Marat Safin Copy Share Image
I am far more of a loner than people would imagine. But I am the most gregarious and socially interactive loner you… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I started writing short stories, I thought I was writing a novel. I had like 60 or 70 pages. And what… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
Since a good part of my life has been wasted dealing with fools just like them, it's not worry I feel but… — Álvaro Mutis Copy Share Image
Most literary critics agree that fiction cannot be reduced to mere falsehood. Well-crafted protagonists come to life, pornography causes orgasms, and the… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
In fact, I always assumed that most everything I read was true, to one degree or another. I couldn't articulate this fact… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
