Quotes of: Detective-stories Keyword

Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.

Dav Pilkey

No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.

David Foster Wallace

I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a subconscious interest in analyzing story.

Eric Bana

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories

Eileen Granfors

'The Squickerwonkers' was the story I wrote when I was on 'The Hobbit.' And I brought it to Comic-Con and sold out a thousand copies I had printed.

Evangeline Lilly

Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.

Bret Easton Ellis

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

Brendan Fraser

One of the reasons I started working at 'South Park,' actually, was that I wanted to learn how to structure things and how to tell a story.

Bill Hader

Your biggest influences are the earliest ones. When I was young, I was very influenced by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Brad Holland

Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.

Barbara Kingsolver

That's literally been the story of my career. I'm always the second choice. And you know what? I'm more than happy to be that person.

Bianca Kajlich

I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side.

Bob Kane

How can an article about me or the Batman be the true story when I am not consulted or interviewed?

Bob Kane

When I set out to research the story of the Culper Spy Ring, I had no idea where it would take me.

Brian Kilmeade

I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those songs was unforgettable.

Blake Shelton

The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be.

Bernie Worrell

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

Chinua Achebe

The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.

Carlton Cuse

'The New Yorker's fiction podcast I like a lot, where they have authors pick short stories by other authors that appeared in 'The New Yorker.'

Gillian Jacobs

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

Gloria Naylor

Chekhov - shall I be blunt? - is the greatest short story writer who ever lived.

George Saunders