Cases Quote by Diane Setterfield

It's important that the way you dress tells a story and reveals something about you and your philosophy.

— Lykke Li

That so much of our experience, or the stereotype which passes for it should be dealt with by means of the short story is…

— Howard Nemerov

If you just tell the story of what the storys about, then it sparks curiosity, but I think it also arouses suspicion, as you…

— Gerard Butler

You devise ways to tell a story that complies with your sensibility. Style and method are really extensions of your present sensibility.

— Aleksandar Hemon

Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to…

— H. P. Lovecraft

There was a period where I dressed sort of like a mechanic and I looked really schlumpy, and I thought, "This is not who…

— Jeanine Tesori

The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.

— Paul Di Filippo

You know it's a great story when you identify with the main character to the point that you forget you're a spectator or a…

— Gaspar Noe

So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding…

— Tessa Dare

Dressing badly has been a refuge much of my life, a way of compelling others to engage with my mind, not my physical presence.…

— Anonymous

What a story is, is devious. It pretends transparency, forthrightness. It engages with ordinary people, ordinary matters, recognizable stuff. But this is all a…

— Joy Williams

Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but…

— Bill Sienkiewicz