Stories Quote by Tom Spanbauer Download Open image ““God made man because he loves to hear stories, Alessandro said. That's a good story, huh?”” — Tom Spanbauer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Stories Storytellers
“God made man, and then he said, "I can do better than that," and made woman.” — Adela Rogers St. Johns Copy Share Image
“But surely he had told that story before. All of us, we tell our stories over and over again. Not in the same way… — Binnie Kirshenbaum Copy Share Image
“It’s often said that God made man in His own image, it’s also true that man makes God in his own image.” — R.K. Narayan Copy Share Image
“I thought I detected a bit of wonder in his voice, that he'd like to become part of a story, any story.” — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
“Darren’s face comes to mind again, and I imagine his jaw dropping in reaction to my transformation. I shake my head to clear it… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
“We don't often see our own stories. Good artists are the ones that whisper our own stories back to us.” — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“God didn’t create man in His image, rather we create God in our image.” — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time there was a man whose life was so good there's no story to tell about it.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“Every time you hear a car alarm, Ruby said, another New Yorker has gone to hell.” — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“Some people like to bitch, Rose said. Bitching is OK. But for me, I choose a kind of joy -- a lucid compulsion --… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“So put your costume on, honey! Ruby said. Set Harlequin free! That party monster of yours is screaming to come out. Let the monster… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“The Shy Hunter is terrified that others will destroy the truth within his heart, Rose said, And so the Shy Hunter armours himself ...… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“At our table in the corner by the window, huddled around a flame in a red glass, all of us, body to body to… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“A person without her or his own truth ain't a person at all, Ida said. Anybody who tells you different—is a jackass, and no… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
“You know, Rose said, You're not the first man in history who thinks his cock is the path to wisdom. You're not the first… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat… — Simon Schama 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
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Now I am in the place I call this wide wide Heaven because it includes all my simplest desires but also the most humble… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I think it's actually kind of sweet how there is a reciprocal effect that our stories can have on each other. — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image