“Most of the stories you hear about dragons are fodder for fools.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
To fashion an inner story of our pain carries us into the heart of it, which is where rebirth inevitably occurs. — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
It's a very remarkable story." "Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away. — James Hilton Copy Share Image
Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Oh, you’ve made plenty of short stories long. But never, ever, have you made a long story short.” — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
You try to pick good stories, and that's pretty much all the control you have as an actor. — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story. — Ella Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
With 'Crucible,' any big changes I wanted to make I only had to run by Lucasfilm, not other authors whose stories I… — Troy Denning Copy Share Image
If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
But I didn't know about the other story." "What other story?” "About how you and Adrian Ivashkov are—" "No, whatever you heard… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
When I first met Alan Parker, who directed 'Angel Heart,' he'd heard so many horror stories about me that he was literally… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
Delia Sherman once told me that you never learn to write a story. You only learn to write the story you are… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Which do you fight for?" "Actually, I'm here by mistake." "Mistake?" "Yes. Sort of. Well, it's a long story. And now ...… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
Good stories are not written by people who live in a city of dirty strip malls, forced to listen to the machinated… — Spencer Antle Copy Share Image
The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
...the history of early-medieval Arabia is nearly all legend. Like Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and other founders of patriarchal religions, Mohammed lacks real… — Barbara G. Walker Copy Share Image
She understood now why her friend Elizabeth, with her near-genius, analytical mind gave wide berth to murder mysteries, psychological thrillers, and horror… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
I mean this is not like a very dry political book. This is - it was a very quick and entertaining and… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
He [Donald Trump] is got no ethics when it comes to business and can they turn this story line, talk to his… — Joan Walsh Anglund Copy Share Image
We shuffle out of office buildings after being laid-off by draconian bosses; we sit on hold for ten minutes only to be… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
In rare cases, I've had music before I shot the movie. I think that for 'Good Will Hunting' I had an Elliot… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Normally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in my way… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image