Cinema Quote by Liam Cunningham

I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider.

— Colin Wilson

I don't really set out to explore grand themes. I set out to tell a story. And one I have to be able to…

— John Irving

It's the only way I really know how to tell the story is to be able to kind of live through the characters. So…

— Rob Reiner

You have to live your story before being able to write your story.

— Amy Shearn

“It's why I am a writer...To avoid the narrow mesh of Mrs Winterson's story I had to be able to tell my own.”

— Jeanette Winterson

I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is…

— Donna Tartt

I worked very hard as a young journalist learning the trade and asking questions, understanding what a story is and being able to present…

— Jill Douglas

Wanting to know absolutely what a story is about, and to be able to say it in a few sentences, is dangerous: it can…

— Andre Dubus

I'm not just a feel-good story.

— Shaquem Griffin

If it's a good story or if it's a character I want to act in, I end up wanting to do it.

— Kwak Dong-yeon

Audiences want great story telling; it's why white people watch my show 'Black in America.' It's why black people watch 'Latina in America.' All…

— Soledad O'Brien

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

— Raymond Chandler

A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way,…

— Fede Alvarez

It's a terrible thing that your life turns into a good story.

— Salman Rushdie