“The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes. Whether the life is tragic or… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
There are a lot of podcasters that are females of color. And I think that we should be allowed to tell a… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what… — Dallas Roberts Copy Share Image
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I don't really know that this story has a whole lot of things happen in it. It doesn't really. It's just a… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I can show you a version of yourself, Taryn. One you've never imagined. It's terrible to be a girl trapped in a… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
An actor puts himself in the hands of a director. And the director's first responsibility, obviously, is to tell the story, but… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
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My parents would have their friends over - their friends who thought, 'How can you live without a TV?' By the time… — Johnny Galecki Copy Share Image
Everything we do is so soulful. It's actually a blend of gospel, blues, country and funk, but it's all soulful where we're… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
The story of Rod Stewart, the story of Carlos Santana is so inspiring to young musicians because it shows in this trendy… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
I started a novel back in high school. It wasn't very good. It was the opposite of good. The writing itself wasn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people I've ever encountered in my life; one of the most amazing stories I… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Tobias Wolff is a hell of a writer, but you knew that already. His first memoir, 'This Boy's Life,' was a Huck… — Jeff Giles Copy Share Image
This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
The story of emancipation, going really back to the founding of the country all the way to the civil war is very… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
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The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
You know how the best story angles often spring from that thought you have on reading an article or watching a show… — Nick Denton Copy Share Image
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Each case - each story - is interesting in itself. I think that's what 'Law & Order: U.K.' maintains and that's why… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
I do really long DJ sets - I play for five or six hours sometimes - but the live shows are a… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
Had I been brighter, the ladies been gentler, the Scotch been weaker, had the gods been kinder, had the dice been hotter,… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
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“Her silent singing wrapped around the story she was telling herself, which she extended further every night on the deck. (Averill often… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I'm not like a Sears Catalog of ideas. I don't have that many ideas. I've more or less written them over the… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
When you are a journalist and there is a big story like Dominic Cummings, it's great to be at the heart of… — Helen Skelton Copy Share Image
When I was five-and-a-half years old, the first and only Hindi film I saw was 'Awaara.' So fascinated was I by this… — Simi Garewal Copy Share Image
I don't really decide what the core of the story is before I write. I write to figure out what the story… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
“The narratives we create in order to justify our actions and choices become in so many ways who we are. They are… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
It's a one-day story of a guy called Newton Kumar, and the backdrop is election: how the most powerful tool we have… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
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At the same time, it's a family story and more of an epic. I needed the third-person. I tried to give a… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
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![“Dean [Devlin, Emmerich's partner on "Independence Day"] and I always said that we'd only do it when we had a really good story that excites us both, and we have the story written. And we've had it for a year and a half, two years. So we've been ready.” quote by Roland Emmerich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/roland-emmerich-16132_dean_dean-devlin-emmerich-s-partner-on-indepe_479179.jpg)
