Quotes of: Detective-stories Keyword

Everybody's got one killer story. It doesn't take talent to tell that story, it just takes experience.

Kevin Smith

'Social Network' is a good story with human experience connective tissue that makes it ageless.

Michael De Luca

There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.

Sean Lennon

The stories about broadcast dying or it being overtaken by cable have stopped. Same goes for the stories about the Internet hurting our business.

Leslie Moonves

That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story.

Mitt Romney

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

Sarah Kay

Listen to other people tell their story, but don't believe them. You know that it's just a story that is only true for them, but listen because the communication can be wonderful.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

There is a natural progression to 'Lost,' and as the story goes forward, it's going to change. It's not a static story. The franchise of 'Lost' is not characters sitting on a beach.

Carlton Cuse

I don't go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.

Ira Glass

I think that a great newspaper is one that puts a real premium on digging to get the story behind the story.

Jill Abramson

The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion.

John Updike

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

Lynn Abbey

If you create a good story that has a lot of story value... I think audiences like that. It's why they stick with the same TV show over and over.

Robert Rodriguez

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.

Steven Spielberg

A famous love story is hard to maintain when you both live in the spotlight.

Lauren Bacall

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.

Matt Groening

Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.

Bruce Springsteen

I'm working on my life story. I'm not decided if it's going to be a musical or a movie with music in it.

Dolly Parton

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

Francis Ford Coppola

Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.

Frank Ocean

I'm all about the story. If I like the character and I think the story's entertaining, I'll do it.

Cynthia Stevenson