Quotes of: Detective-stories Keyword

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

In L.A. you hear all these stories of people being filmed in their own homes through their windows. I think that is so scary.

Freida Pinto

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image.

Cameron Diaz

Life is like a DVR recording. The story goes on, but you cannot see it until you fast forward through the commercials

Christopher Earle

The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.

Cathy Guisewite

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.

Clara Hughes

I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.

Carly Rae Jepsen

Lyrics paved my teenage route to loving words. I take those passionate mini-stories with me everywhere.

Carla H. Krueger

We start with strong characters and build the movie from there. That not to say we don't struggle with story - that's the most challenging part.

Chris Meledandri

You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.

Chuck Palahniuk

I think that in any role you have, whether TV or film, it's hard to do comedy and drama within one story.

Callie Thorne

I would be happy to be labeled as a writer of offbeat stories. I don't know how to do anything else.

Caroline Thompson

If the reader looks, I think he will find plenty of moral and political ideas in my stories.

Italo Calvino

I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.

Jami Attenberg

I make up stories about people who are either imaginary or some variation of myself.

Jami Attenberg

So I'm not really quite sure what Landis' plans were to make another one. The American Werewolf in Paris was a completely separate story.

Jenny Agutter

I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.

J. J. Abrams

I was thinking of applying to the 'Guardian' for a job after university. Yeah, I wanted to be one of the people who writes stories in G2.

Jamie Cullum

Every life is a unique story written by an unique person who is living it. So write it fearlessly, write it better.

Debasish Mridha

For all the import and message of 'The Iliad,' it's ultimately a story that's meant to be heard, and the person hearing 'The Iliad' determines what it means.

Denis O'Hare