I love 'White Christmas.' That's one of my favorites just because I love the music. I love the story, Bing Crosby. It's… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
And so many of the kinds of labels you get stuck with don't really tell the story; Progressive, Art Rock, Noise Music,… — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
“Victor’s shadow fell over her and she looked up. She was surprisingly attractive, twenty-eight or — nine, pain in her delicate features,… — Tom Wood Copy Share Image
In order to describe a particular subculture, you might want to portray people who are typical or representative of that subculture; but… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
As with any other great force of nature, there is both glory and danger in the stories we tell ourselves. Some are… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
On the 'Tom and Jerry's,' Joe and I would sit across a desk from each other and develop the story. Joe would… — William Hanna Copy Share Image
“(...) every single person, has a story to tell. Every single ordinary person has an extraordinary story. We might all think that… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
“We all spin stories. That's what we do. We want people to see certain things about us and not others. What matters… — Maya Lang Copy Share Image
I will admit upfront that I have an inherent bias about 'Fuge State.' It's the story of a Black academic on his… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
My approach to the story... is if you can get into a criminal's mind and understand how it works and understand how… — Chris Hansen Copy Share Image
Matthew Wiener on 'Mad Men' writes the entire series before they start shooting, and if you have that, then what you can… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When you're a guest star on a movie or a TV show, I always say it's like being invited to a family… — Ato Essandoh Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller. I'm always willing to serve the story, a story I believe in, in whatever way is necessary. If I… — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
A lot of new writers assume you have to know the where the story is going and that it flows out as… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I had watched 'What Lies Beneath' long before I signed 'Raaz.' It was similar in terms of the story premise and the… — Dino Morea Copy Share Image
I don't know what draws these other composers to opera, but for me, it's just this incredibly rich medium for storytelling. And… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I am a hopeless pantser, so I don't do much outlining. A thought will occur to me, and I'll just throw it… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to Patsy Cline. I was a huge Patsy Cline fan. I still am. Even though she's considered country,… — Diana DeGarmo Copy Share Image
I've never really found inspiration for story ideas in the news, but I'd say it certainly affects our lives in so many… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I'll put 'Stranger Things' up there with the best of it. I think it's such a profound show - it's very subtle… — David Harbour Copy Share Image
I'm so happy that we're finally hearing the stories and voices of women who make America. We do what we see, not… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
As a historian of American and African-American religion, I know that the Trayvon Martin moment is just one moment in a history… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
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
The biggest problem I see with early-stage entrepreneurs is they get the idea in their head, and they leave it in their… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
You know the actor's nightmare is getting up onstage and not being prepared? I think the writer's nightmare is giving a reading… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
She was just Ma, and I didn't grow up in some kind of acting dynasty: Orson Welles didn't come round and give… — Rachael Stirling Copy Share Image
You know that I had heard so many times people say things like, 'You could never write 'Harry Potter' and have it… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I was in Siena and decided I wanted to write a story set there. Then I discovered that the original story of… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
My work is all about how we consume. To me it's important to know where things come from. Generally, our products today… — Christien Meindertsma Copy Share Image
All the early Facebook employees have their story of the moment when they saw the light and realized that Facebook wasn't some… — Antonio Garcia Martinez Copy Share Image
I was asked by a journalist to sum up the story in a minute, and I was like, 'No.' It goes from… — Christopher Wylie Copy Share Image
'All the Stars in the Heavens' takes place during the golden age of Hollywood, around an imagined story about Loretta Young; Clark… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
In a lifetime, you can say, yes, you have instances of pleasure, of happiness, you like some of your work, but your… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I used to just go up to strangers and tell them really elaborate stories about who I was and where I was… — Inbar Lavi Copy Share Image
Kentucky has always said you can't really make bourbon outside of Kentucky because it's a combination of the barrels and the limestone-fed… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
There's a television show, 'Hoarders,' where people have those homes filled with stuff. Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
It's hurting Democrats if you do really go profoundly negative in the primary. Most of them don't. They actually realize the most… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
