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Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn't eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me… — Jim Carrey
Magazine stories, the best ones anyway, are generally a combination of three elements: access, narrative, and disclosure. — Graydon Carter
My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story… — Graydon Carter
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled. — Raymond Chandler
I used to sneak up to the 8th floor and watch Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo rehearsing 'Saturday Night Live' and could only wonder if… — Dana Carvey
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. — Willa Cather
There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to… — Kim Cattrall
I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story. — Nick Cave
I was reading The Bible a lot through my 20s, mostly the Old Testament, just because I was knocked out by the language and the… — Nick Cave
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. — Lord Chesterfield
I have the 'thing' worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story… — Lee Child
British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. — Lee Child
Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion. — Deepak Chopra
Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal. — Deepak Chopra
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. — Agatha Christie
I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they… — Amy Chua
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a… — Ted Allen
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. — Arthur C. Clarke
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and… — Isabel Allende
I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's… — Chelsea Clinton
If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle. — Hillary Clinton
I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in… — Isabel Allende
I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story. — Isabel Allende
I've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently. — Isabel Allende

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