We did have a script, but it didn't consist of the routines and gags. It outlined the basic story idea and just… — Stan Laurel Copy Share Image
Opera tells stories through the pure emotion of music. An exhibition has to tell a story purely visually. I've tried to incorporate… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
I was working at a restaurant in L.A. when a producer came in. He said I should audition for this movie Cellular.… — Mircea Monroe Copy Share Image
I don't know if you'd do a Marvel story on Ferguson, because it trivializes what the real flesh-and-blood people on the ground… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Writers get embarrassed sometimes in talking about how much fun writing can be, but drafting is often really enjoyable. Often, you're tumbling… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Deep in my cortex, the year is divided into reading seasons. The period from mid-October to Christmas, for instance, is 'ghost story'… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I'm without a doubt a producer first. The lyrics happen towards the tail-end of the process, mainly because they're more stream-of-consciousness. It's… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
My equality rants have been out there so much that people must be getting sick of it, and frankly, so am I,… — Lexi Alexander Copy Share Image
I didn't particularly change my name to Fonda because I knew who Fondas were. It's still going to remain a mystery. I… — Olga Fonda Copy Share Image
I think when you're in the middle of a piece of work, there are things that bleed over into your life. You're… — Shaun Evans Copy Share Image
2021 is my 40th year working in the industry and I can't think of a better way to celebrate than directing 'Holding.'… — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
The great thing about fiction is you can talk about things without being didactic about them, but hopefully forge a connection with… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
I listen to everything that sounds good with a story. I even listen to Adele. I listen to all kinds of music.… — Rod Wave Copy Share Image
A lot of 'Blackheart' was me, literally in a dark room, confessing my sins; Poe was the influence for that album. But… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
When people think about CNN today, they think about our television coverage, politics, and Donald Trump. And I get it; I'm not… — Jeff Zucker Copy Share Image
I am 39. I am single. I am a black woman. I have too many advanced degrees. Many a news story tells… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
One of the pillars of 'Cyrano' is recreating a love story and, like any archetype, these great stories tend to be captivating… — Edgar Ramirez Copy Share Image
If you hear a statistic, you will make up a story to go with it, because our brains are organized on narrative.… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
It's all about creating a back story for the character and developing emotional responses that are true to life in relation to… — Corin Nemec Copy Share Image
I am a bit of a control freak I think but I do enjoy as editing is really fun. It is where… — Rhod Gilbert Copy Share Image
I read a zombie story, and I have nightmares for days. But my youngest sister loves zombie stories. So when she insisted… — Julie Ann Dawson Copy Share Image
The biggest lesson learned from 'X-Men: The Last Stand' or 'X3' was that if you are going to tell a Phoenix story,… — Simon Kinberg Copy Share Image
I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
Ordering is difficult. It's like arranging pieces of music in a concert: What do you put first? What do you put after… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
My mum is a theatrical person. I saw a tape of a theatre project she did when I was a kid. I… — Billy Howle Copy Share Image
In the 1990s and 2000s, the liberal story shaped not only the foreign policy of the United States and its allies, but… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The United Kingdom is already a remarkable success story. So as we navigate global challenges, including the U.K.'s exit from the European… — David Lidington Copy Share Image
I have never written a play, a story, a poem, or my one film - anything - unless something was troubling me… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
To be an Indian writer is to write, necessarily and inevitably, about politics, so it was a given that the story of… — Neel Mukherjee Copy Share Image
The very rough story is this: Melbourne boy, out of both my parents' houses at a young age, lived with my grandmother,… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
What I like about fairy tales is that they highlight the emotions within a story. The situations aren't real, with falling stars… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
Billy Barnes signed me and got me my first role in an interracial love story filmed in Atlanta called 'Together For Days'… — Lois Chiles Copy Share Image
The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
Employers are looking for individuals who can tell a story about what they bring to a particular company, and people with an… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
My book centers in on the New Testament, the goal being to help a person who wants to understand the Bible to… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and I want to play flawed characters, and I'm a writer that wants to write flawed characters, trying to… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I can understand how technologically advanced action has become in our movies, but unless there is emotion or a strong story, it… — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do to… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
