Story Quotes · Page 73

Maybe it's not about happy ending. Maybe it's about the story.

— Anonymous

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

— Chinua Achebe

“Go on, she urged. Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Never use 'Politico' for a source for your story.

— Sarah Huckabee Sanders

“Coincidences; mix-ups; harmless mistakes and switches. And so a story is born.”

— Lauren Oliver

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

— Nicolas Cage

“Rewriting is the crucible where books are born.”

— Cathryn Louis

“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.”

— Amit Kalantri

We love 'Fiddler.' We love 'West Side Story.' I want to be in that club. I want to be in the club…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I talk about things that happened in my life. Now, do I embellish? Absolutely. Come on, we all do it. It makes…

— Leslie Jordan

Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs.

— Kamal Ahmed

The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world.

— Derrick Jensen

You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.

— David Hare

Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality,

— Robert McKee

The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.

— Jimmy Rushing

When I finish a film, I want to feel drained. I want to feel like I couldn't have possibly done any more…

— Mia Goth

I think, television and comics, what's appealing to me as a writer about both of those mediums is that they allow you…

— Travis Beacham

“He wanted to meet her for the first time, over and over...He told himself the story that this was the great tragedy…

— Zadie Smith

My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on…

— Graydon Carter

I do like playing the darker side of life but as much as the lighter side as well. They all resonate out…

— Michael Eklund

I'm involved in quite a few ministries as a bridge builder, trying to match generous givers and donors to other ministries. Based…

— Lex Luger

When I think of being Venezuelan, I just think of my dad and how his story is so significant, coming to America…

— Julianna Pena

The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple…

— Vikram Seth

The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each…

— Alan Rickman

That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late.

— Marjane Satrapi

The story that you tell yourself is exactly what holds you back from being successful.

— Jordan Belfort

“Everyone had stories they told themselves to get through the days.”

— Lisa Ko

“Who is Malala? I am Malala and this is my story.”

— Malala Yousafzai

A lie hides the truth. A story tries to find it.

— Paula Fox

The storyteller is one who comes bearing a great and lasting gift.

— Edward Eggleston

“The ending of your story all depends on the beginning of ours.”

— Piper Payne

I want to do a love story. I really want to do a love story.

— Erika Christensen

If I can find the right idea, I can get out of the way and do a good story.

— David Grann

'Casebook' is my attempt at a love story. I had a vision of a difficult love.

— Mona Simpson

“Truth can't be found in the stars; let the story speak for itself.”

— L.M. Fields

“This one moment, when you know you're not a sad story. You're alive.”

— Anonymous

“A story is not finished, until it has taken the worst turn”

— Friedrich Dürrenmatt

It's not always to the benefit of the story to have it so preordained.

— Daniel Woodrell

My first love is a wonderful script. It's the story.

— Sophie Okonedo

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

— John Lee Hooker