When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I was telling stories before I could write. I like to tell stories, and I like to talk to things. If you]ve… — J. California Cooper Copy Share Image
Ray is very secretive about his ideas - why not, the times that the Kinks have been ripped off, especially in the… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
There's a relationship between music and spirituality and inspiration and to a certain extent improvisation that draws me in, because I don't… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
The idea that a robot will become more aware of its environment, that telling it to 'go to the kitchen' means something… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
I definitely am a performer, and there are different styles of stand-up; I mean, some people are writers and they get onstage… — Chris D'Elia Copy Share Image
The thing about storytelling is it's very stripped down; it's very much at the core of 'I'm a person and I'm just… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“...just because one can guess the nature of a tale doesn't make it any less worth the telling. One might even find… — Sam Westhoek Copy Share Image
Lots of people think I'm telling porky pies when I say how nervous I get about singing. I was good at working… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
“For one thing, telling a lie is like eating peanuts. One leads to another. In no time at all, you’ve gone through… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
I always try to keep a little bit of space in the year to work with other people. Because I love doing… — Wayne McGregor Copy Share Image
Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not… — Mary Stuart Masterson Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful to be in a position now where I have a lot more control to tell the stories I want… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
“Apple storytelling initially is high concept, telling customers not what they want to buy but what kind of people they want to… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
I'm a New Zealand actor, and I really want to be doing our stuff here, and our stuff includes plays from overseas.… — Peter Hambleton Copy Share Image
If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not… — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
“But first, I want the pleasure of telling you that you are fired. I fire you. I fire you and all your… — Z.A. Maxfield Copy Share Image
One of my earliest memories is my father telling me to behave because I'm about to meet and work with the greatest… — Sean Maguire Copy Share Image
Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
I like when I use music in film that it isn't just gilding the lily and it isn't telling you how to… — Fred Schepisi Copy Share Image
I was always telling girls who said that they wanted to be the 'next' Kate Moss or the 'next' Gisele that it… — Twiggy Copy Share Image
I would like, in my life, to always be doing things I'm proud of. I know that probably won't happen all the… — Aisling Loftus Copy Share Image
“Friend, let me tell you this: telling in stories often attempts to simplify, to clarify, but when it's really working, telling complicates… — Tin House Books Copy Share Image
I've always been the locker-room jokester, the fun guy, the guy who keeps it loose and easy. But also, on Sundays, the… — Michael Strahan Copy Share Image
We spend most of our lives cutting down our ambitions because the world has told us to think small. Dreams express what… — Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin Copy Share Image
I want to tell the world of cycling to please join me in telling Pat McQuaid to resign. I have never seen… — Greg LeMond Copy Share Image
There's got to be something you want to tell and that's the engine which spurs all of the work you have to… — Bradley Cooper Copy Share Image
To me, art and storytelling serve primal, spiritual functions in my daily life. Whether I'm telling a bedtime story to my kids… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
This is our story to tell. You’d think for all the reading I do, I would have thought about this before, but… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And… — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
In my own experience with films, books, plays, TV, I don't want somebody telling me what it means, because I think I… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
I would make a genuinely terrible guide. I can't remember things. I would get half way through telling a story or explaining… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I have to go with what I do, and what I do has more to do with what people say to each… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
''Life isn't happening to you, life is responding to you. Whatever story you tell, whether good or bad, will be the story… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
As for meat, I'm not going to become vegetarian. I'm telling you that right now. I want me a steak. I want… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm watching television and something, an image, will come on that has to do with 9/11 or some of these… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
I started playing drums at about seven or eight. My mom used to let me play with the pots and pans, and… — Roshon Fegan Copy Share Image
When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Personally, I am always more impressed by simplicity, clarity; it is the mark of a writer who knows his subject well and… — Noah Lukeman Copy Share Image
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