I've wondered if 'Harry Potter' would have been as big if it was 'Harriet Potter.' Now that I've written a screenplay -… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Box office success is pertinent but the story has to have a life beyond the two hours. — Vijay Krishna Acharya Copy Share Image
Patrick Melrose' is a frantically accurate exploration of the addict mind tormented by trauma, magnificently brought to life by Benedict Cumberbatch. At… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes the facts can get in the way of the telling of a good story. But they don't get in the way… — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
I think there are some songwriters who are just brilliant who can write and then I think there are some songwriters who… — Charles King Copy Share Image
There are very few works of fiction that take you inside the heads of all characters. I tell my writing students that… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
If I'm really rolling with a short story, I work on it everywhere and end up with a finished draft in a… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
If I can have a career based on playing roles that are a challenge and tell an important story, and for no… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
I love my dogs so much, but my children's safety will always come first. Period. End of story. — Kyle Richards Copy Share Image
Only in England would 'professor gets divorced and remarried' be a story. — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
What we do is service a story first, and then you figure out how to pay for it later. If the narrative… — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
I am sure that in the story of Adam and Eve, the forbidden fruit was a fig and not an apple, pear… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
The story is important for any movie, for it is in the film industry, the consumer pays the money before he or… — Vijay Sethupathi Copy Share Image
“I hate it when everyone is so noble and good in a story that you can't imagine it being true at all.” — Patricia Finney Copy Share Image
I first saw 'West Side Story' on stage in 1958. I was in the army, having been conscripted while under contract to… — Russ Tamblyn Copy Share Image
When 'The Washington Post' ran the first national story about FBI profiling in 1984, no one outside of law enforcement recognized the term. — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
You don't cover the federal government or policy-making or legislating, or you shouldn't, I should say, because you are looking for a… — Jen Psaki Copy Share Image
I was really interested in doing a really science fiction-based story because it's something I feel like I hadn't done yet. — Lindsey Morgan Copy Share Image
Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life. — Q'orianka Kilcher Copy Share Image
I read a lot growing up. It was kind of my comfort, you know; I loved it. I love story. I love… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I love to be scared. Not, 'Hey, I think I smell smoke...' scared, but creepy, paranoid, what's-that-out-there-in-the-dark, ghost story scared. It's no… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story. — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I adapted an O. Henry short story called 'By Courier,' which got nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar. — Peter Riegert Copy Share Image
I love fashion. Actually, funny story, I used to give the 'Esquire Big Black Book' to young wrestlers when they would join… — Mark Henry Copy Share Image
I almost obsessively began reading about what was happening with the so-called Islamic State. But I couldn't find an angle on the… — Matthew Heineman Copy Share Image
I read the script first to get the perspective on the whole story, the writing, and how the character I'm auditioning for… — Jay Ellis Copy Share Image
I never try to convey a message, I just want to tell a story. Why that story in particular? I have no… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
'The Post' is a fairly fusty place when it comes to profanity. If a reporter tries to get a bad word into… — David Fahrenthold Copy Share Image
I share my story to help other people. I know people need someone to be a role model and help them along… — Jazz Jennings Copy Share Image
Honestly, when I am offered a film, I look at the story, character, director, producer and co-actors while giving a nod. — Sanya Malhotra Copy Share Image
When communism collapsed in 1989, the big story that had been hardwired into citizens of western countries - that of the global… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
“Never be afraid to share your story. No one can tell it like you can.” — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
“If the characters are not wicked, the book is." We must tell stories the way God does, stories in which a sister… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I'm interested in telling a story about a gay man and what he's going through as an artist and as a lonely,… — Jordan Gavaris Copy Share Image
