My mother was terribly invasive, all in the name of psychiatric honesty. It was a bad thing in some ways, but I… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I've written so many songs that are hopeful - songs that are, like, about an old man that gives all his possessions… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing. Filmmaking seemed to be a good compilation of all… — Brendan Fletcher Copy Share Image
My mother had heard the story of Hannah and Samuel, so she prayed that if God would give her a son, she… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
With the first 'Toy Story,' we didn't know what the hell we were doing. We'd never made a movie before, so we… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
I dread naming pieces of music because being instrumental, most of the time the songs that I write are instrumental, I want… — Yanni Copy Share Image
The time that it takes to make the feature is really contingent on the feature being sort of almost ready-made - so… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
Just when you thought everything was great, two years down the road an unfortunate story unfold. two lovers on a path and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everything was happening on that strip of Fulton Street. And if I wanted Chinese food, if I wanted to play video games,… — The Notorious B.I.G Copy Share Image
I am an actor and I do not have to relate to whatever I play on screen them at a personal level.… — Jisshu Sengupta Copy Share Image
Woodworking requires a completely different kind of thinking and problem-solving ability than writing. With writing, you take a set of facts and… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
I feel particularly passionate about being a part of 'Rillington Place' because I've never had a job where I've felt so much… — Jodie Comer Copy Share Image
Previously, someone would interview me, and if they liked me, it'd be a great story. If they hated me, it'd be a… — Coco Rocha Copy Share Image
One of the things that has proven true in our career is that even if you take something that's as straightforward and… — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
It took a lot to understand that the interest in both writing a story and reading it is not in the objective… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Long story short, I moved to L.A. from Missouri to work at a salon for about nine years. About halfway through that,… — Heidi Gardner Copy Share Image
My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally,… — Phil Foglio Copy Share Image
“It’s a long story,” he said, taking a sip of Mr. Braeburn’s whiskey, “so I will tell only a very condensed version… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
As many of you know, my story begins where most people's in the LGBT+ community begins... with fear. I knew I was… — Calum Scott Copy Share Image
“If ever you feel lost, terrified, alone, emotionally and physically drained...when you feel like depression has overpowered you, and that the world… — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
I write until the first draft is finished, and then I feel that I can get out. But, during the time of… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
It happened to me on 'King of the Hill,' where I'd left it before the end and didn't really participate in the… — Greg Daniels Copy Share Image
The idea for 'Conversations with Friends' - two college students who befriend a married couple - struck me at first as a… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
This story is about the Baudelaires. And they are the sort of people who know that there’s always something. Something to invent,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everyone has their own story and that’s something I hope for everyone to learn at a young enough age. Just because something… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
I think when you feel a story, you have to think about every aspect of it, and RaMell experiments with every part… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
Write out the story - rapidly, fluently, and not too critically - following the second or narrative-order synopsis. Change incidents and plot… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
'Hollywood Don't Surf!' is really about how Hollywood's superficial view of surfing culture has influenced popular culture and the story of what… — Greg MacGillivray Copy Share Image
Part of the reason for doing 'Peaky Blinders,' apart from the fact that it was a personal story and I've always wanted… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
As much as I love elements of Spider-Man's past, I don't really want to go back in and retell the Gwen Stacy… — Paul Dini Copy Share Image
When you think of Grimm's fairy tales, they are deeply, deeply psychological. They're so powerful, so bloody, and really, really disturbing. Think… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Moviewise, I would love to make the story of princess Erendira. She was a 16 year old princess/warrior who led her tribe… — Tamara Feldman Copy Share Image
If you are, as an actor, are just worried about looking pretty and being well liked, then I personally feel you are… — Kim Hawthorne Copy Share Image
In 'Lost,' they really believed in the mystery box and not looking too much inside the mystery box. It was some kind… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
You always need to make sure that you're looking at every angle and every perspective so that people, when they read the… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
If I had a story idea that I felt would work best in three volumes I might write a trilogy eventually. I'd… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
