A story is open-ended. A story invites you into it to make your own meaning. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
We love to start from a real place, whether it's us or our friends or working on a story from a writer's… — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
“Everyone had a story he believed was worthy of a best-seller; for me, reality was rarely interesting enough to take the place… — Ben Mezrich Copy Share Image
I'm a private person. I don't want to write a book because I know the story and feel no need to tell… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
“It isn't about knowing the most stories, child. It is about carrying the ones that are most important and passing them along.” — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
Because I'm not doing it for the money, I'm doing it because I feel like that story needs to be told or… — Julian Schnabel 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
With 'Carol,' I was just really looking at and thinking about the love story as a genre, not the domestic melodrama. — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
“The space between the private and the public is the nexus of the personal and the social, if not political. It’s where… — John Capecci and Timothy Cage Copy Share Image
I think politics is a higher build in life. You know? If you diffuse under normal, common sense of a story, you… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
What I've found over the years working on various projects is, you can have a clever book or clever tagline, but there… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Decades of research have shown that most happy families communicate effectively. But talking doesn't mean simply 'talking through problems,' as important as… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
I know everybody loves the listening-to-rap story but the No. 1 contributor to me speaking English the way I do is my… — Jon Rahm Copy Share Image
What I've learned is that everybody really wants to sell their story. No matter who they are, everybody feels that what they're… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
“We come to know ourselves only through stories. We listen to the stories of others, we inherit the stories of those who… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some… — Raina Telgemeier Copy Share Image
A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story. — Joanne Froggatt Copy Share Image
Everyone has a ghost story, or at least thats how it has always seemed to me. — John Searles Copy Share Image
I think it's really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story. — Finneas Copy Share Image
It's satisfying to watch a story where you feel like you're a fly on the wall. — Nicola Walker Copy Share Image
If I ever write the story of my life, don't be suprised if you where it begins. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Stories teach us empathy. They reveal to us ourselves in the skins of others. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Ain't no way I could see someone else for me. She's a Juliet in my love story. — Jacob Latimore Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows one story, I thought. Everyone knows at least one.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
