Now we may have more preachers out there than we have drinkers. But a fellow told me a story one time about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Another guy barked orders to a small army of brooms, mops, and buckets that were scuttling around, cleaning up the city. "Like… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
A lot of college graduates approach me about becoming screenwriters. I tell them, 'Do not become a screenwriter, become a journalist,' because… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you,… — Ronan Farrow Copy Share Image
There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
When I read the 'Dick and Jane' stories, I thought they were afraid they might forget each other's names because they always… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I'm not at all contemporary, not even modern, and the fact that I would be so quaintly attracted to that wrestling rule… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I first emailed Tao Lin a story I wrote about the experience of losing my virginity sometime in April 2011. He didn't… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The Drama Years is filled with heart-stirring stories, just-been-there advice from recent teens and practical, actionable tips for parents. It's full of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The elements of a good story are most definitely details, little bitty details. That does it, especially when you're describing, when you're… — Big Boi Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, thus far it's been important to me not to write that kind of collection. Which means that I've spent… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
The writing process for a short story feels more like field geology, where you keep turning the thing over and over, noting… — Rivka Galchen Copy Share Image
I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
I don't want to do only movies that I'm in. I definitely want to start to branch out and do TV and… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
As I look back on my fondness for the outdoors, and specifically the elements in nature that I find visually stimulating, I… — Cory Trepanier Copy Share Image
“Above all, readers want useful information, whether from a road sign or an investment guide. This motive is not completely absent even… — Alice W. Flaherty Copy Share Image
The short story that eventually grew into Constellation was the first fiction set in Russia that I'd ever written, and that was… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I have a nice little idea from some people I met there who are now in their seventies, and I want to… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
Ray Bradbury was the first author that I was really exposed to back in grade school. I'm a big Philip K. Dick… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
You want to have a song that people will listen to and go, 'Oh, yeah! That reminds me of something in my… — Pegi Young Copy Share Image
When you look into the faces of these quiet creatures who don't know how to tell stories--who are mute, who can't make… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
What a story is, is devious. It pretends transparency, forthrightness. It engages with ordinary people, ordinary matters, recognizable stuff. But this is… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
Transmedia storytelling represents a process where integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose of… — Henry Jenkins Copy Share Image
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The author with the greatest influence on me is my friend Stephen Harrigan, who critiques everything I write before I even bother… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
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I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
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I can't fall apart every time I mention that my mother's gone. I actually laugh about stories or things or situations. Of… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
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There was a lot of expectations and pressure on the first one, because the fanbase is pretty big, when we were shooting… — Peter Facinelli Copy Share Image
People need to take as much interest in other sports as they take in cricket, and that's where we come across a… — Gagan Narang Copy Share Image
I never had a story for the sequels, for the last trilogy. That's not really part of the plan at this point,… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
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