I have an egg and I gave it to my best friend to hold and handle it with care; but she intentionally… — Swag Jagar Copy Share Image
“And as he watched them walk out of the orphanage, Thomas Carter would think of their lives as the blank pages of… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
Storytelling is our oldest form of remembering the promises we have made to one another and to our various gods, and the… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
The orphan in children's literature allows the child protagonist to move the story forward themselves. I think that, however happy a family,… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
I think the real target of al-Qaeda is Saudi Arabia by the way. They hate us and we're a vehicle to get… — Frank Carlucci Copy Share Image
All the tribes tell the same story. They are surrounded on all sides, the game is destroyed or driven away; they are… — George Crook Copy Share Image
Procedurals are interesting to watch, but they're not as interesting to play because there isn't an opportunity to delve into any backstories.… — Sarah Greene Copy Share Image
When you have filmmakers like Justin Simien, writers, producers, actresses like Lena Waithe, who are people of color, they're creating their own… — Teyonah Parris Copy Share Image
“She shielded her eyes from the sun, her truck keys dangling down the back of her free hand, as Cooper lowered the… — Donna Kauffman Copy Share Image
“She didn't see him watching as he played, having no idea that Hans Hubermann's accordion was a story. In the times ahead,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a storytelling, and one of the reasons why people have held my stuff close to them is… — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
“It is safe to assume that any individual or group you wish to influence has access to more wisdom than they currently… — Annette Simmons Copy Share Image
I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in half,… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
'Downtown Love.' I made that with one of my homies in New Orleans. The story is tragic, and the song is emotional.… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
I think we all have mechanisms that we use, each of us individually, to deal with pain that we've had or just… — Carrie-Anne Moss Copy Share Image
Freedom to tell any story I want, with all the imaginary tools of my trade, is why I love writing novels. I… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
“Storytellers are the most powerful people on earth. They might not be the best paid-- but they are the most powerful. Storytellers… — Laurie H. Hutzler Copy Share Image
It sounds corny to say, but we're like a family. That experience for all of us really created a bond... The 'West… — George Chakiris Copy Share Image
Often, when people don't do so well in a monologue at UCB, it's because they're racking their brain so hard to be… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
There's no objective reason anyone can point to that proves a horror story is innately inferior or that it's doomed to fail… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
If we can tell a good story with characters audiences can care about, I'd like to think that prejudices can fall aside… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
Many people have told me that once they learn of Madam Walker's accomplishments they are surprised, even embarrassed, that they have never… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Whatever kind of story you're telling, whether it's a genre piece for a comic book or whatever it is, it has importance… — Seth Gabel Copy Share Image
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. Im constantly revising this as I go along.… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
I think often when we talk about things like cancer, the kind of final act at the end of the story comes… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
I can't say that the ending of a story is always the best part of the story, and yet there's sort of… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I don't want to be like other authors and say that there are only a few story lines in literature. A story… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
I always have the best story at the party. Anyone telling a story at a party is like, 'No, no, you've got… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
The real world is devoid of narratives, after all. Narratives are just a thing that our brains do with facts in order… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
So it's fun to build this jigsaw in the edit by moving scenes around, you can do anything that you want and… — Rhod Gilbert Copy Share Image
The thing is, the Tulsa experience that I wrote about in 'The Outsiders' is closer to the universal experience than it would… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
I love the story of the guy coming to Nashville and then kind of getting set down and told, 'This is how… — Jon Pardi Copy Share Image
I think that, anybody with a strong will to tell a story, then that is fantastic. I think it's fantastic. I think… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Anne Wiazemsky wrote two books about her life with Jean-Luc Godard between 1966 and 1969. And I first read the second one,… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I recently read a collection of stories called 'Boondock Kollage,' by Regina Bradley. The stories follow multiple characters through the South, through… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Dear Karen, I've been thinking about Us, the story of us. How the fuck do I sum it up? Has it been… — Hank Moody Copy Share Image
When I play solo, that's when I put it all together. I go through all of the songs that I've written wtih… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
