“Your kindness, beauty, and simplicity remind me the stories about angels, and I was told they are just legends and myths.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived. — John Boorman Copy Share Image
The comics were not only stories to enjoy; for me they were drawings that possessed me. — Jean Giraud Copy Share Image
In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work. — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived. — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
OCTOBER BABY is a profoundly beautiful story and a powerful testament to the importance of every human life. — Marjorie Dannenfelser Copy Share Image
We all hate moral ambiguity in some sense, and yet it is also absolutely necessary. In writing a story, it is the… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Really I'm a fan of any movie, whether it's suspense, action, or comedy - anything that has a good story. — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
Deadline' is the story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life, during the short… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
There are so many female directors coming into the industry and a lot of them have important stories they want to tell… — Anne Fletcher Copy Share Image
The semi-colon is a burp, a hiccup. It's a drunk staggering out of the saloon at 2 a.m., grabbing your lapels on… — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
I never know exactly where I'm going with a story, whether it's a short story or a novel. If I did I'd… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
It's real easy for me to write a lot of stories. I just go and I live through something, and I go… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
It was like those songs I'd heard as a child, each so familiar, and all mine. When i got older and realized… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
A novel must work as a story because no one's going to get to the other themes if you don't entertain the… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
Of course, I had a paradigm of a certain city in my head when I wrote these stories, a city that inspired… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
The way to start writing isn't by writing at all. But by living. It isn't about creating something from thin air, but… — Yasmin Ahmad Copy Share Image
You always know when one of the first ["Harry Potter" movies] are on TV, because you'll get a text message from one… — James Phelps Copy Share Image
In the Afghan people, I found the most resilient, welcoming people who, for the first time in my career, never judged me… — Pietra Brettkelly Copy Share Image
I had heard the old Indian legend about the red fern. How a little Indian boy and girl were lost in a… — Wilson Rawls Copy Share Image
Men, your primary responsibility in your home, after your wife, is you to disciple your own children. And if you don't do… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
In film, you have to present everything on the screen so it's the opposite of what I usually do with storytelling. It… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
I remember my fourth grade teacher reading 'Charlotte's Web' and 'Stuart Little' to us - both, of course, by E. B. White.… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Swoopers write a story quickly, higgledy-piggledy, crinkum-crankum, any which way. Then they go over it again painstakingly, fixing everything that is just… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image