Quotes of: Detective-stories Keyword

Basically, writers write because they have something to say...Everyone has a story in them, writers merely decide to share it with the world...

Virginia Alison

I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.

Viggo Mortensen

All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.

V. S. Naipaul

So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.

Will Durant

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.

Washington Irving

I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story.

Walter Kirn

It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.

Walter Jon Williams

Ibrahim tells his story without a grain of complaint, and this was true for all of the band members. This is very much part of the Cuban spirit and soul.

Wim Wenders

Look for a GOOD NEWS story to tell. This is much better than gossip in increasing morale.

yel

Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.

Yoko Ono

I don't want to put 12 singles on an album. I want to make a story, a little movie.

Zedd

You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.

Zoe Kazan

I'm perfectly proud of the work I did, looking back at it. I know I've had a bit of a revision since my 'Big Finish' stories came out.

Colin Baker

I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.

Chelsea Clinton

At Marvel, I was lucky enough to work with really talented people, but I always had this nagging thought: 'One day I'll write my own stories.'

David Mazzucchelli

To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only.

Donald McKay

I guess artists are living inspiration. There's something very pure about a person that fantasizes. I like hearing their stories, watching them work. Their take on the world interests me. It's not unified.

Dasha Zhukova

I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.

Gareth Gates

I have the 'thing' worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out.

Lee Child

If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative.

Peter Morgan

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

Tracy Kidder