Books Quote by Enkelejd Lamaj Download Open image ““"Based on a true story"? No, thanks. I prefer "based on a true imagination".”” — Enkelejd Lamaj ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Creativity Enkelejd-lamaj Gratitude Quotes True story True-imagination
I think any time you've got a story based on a true story, no matter how accurate it is, obviously it's still fictitious. — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
"Based on a true story" is a come-on, the aesthetic equivalent of "no loan request refused." For, at best, the creator has fashioned a… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“All fiction is based on some form of reality—otherwise we would never have the inspiration or knowledge to dream up the realistic situations we… — Rene Folsom Copy Share Image
“Fictional stories were written so that they seemed real, kind of like a well-executed lie. Fiction creates an unreal world that's better than the… — Hiroshi Ishizaki Copy Share Image
Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I start to… — Arnaud Desplechin Copy Share Image
“A story always tells the truth about the true intention of the storyteller, regardless of the plot." - Peter Arpesella” — Peter Arpesella Copy Share Image
The awkward moment when a film says, 'Based on a true story.' and it automatically becomes 100 times scarier. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“- Have you ever written the ending of the story first and then the rest of it? - Hell no, I've never had an… — Enkelejd Lamaj Copy Share Image
“One of the most necessary things when you're writing? The waste basket.” — Enkelejd Lamaj Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image