Quotes of: Ghost-stories Keyword

There's no one out there like Quentin Tarantino. His films have a signature look, and they never just stick to the same kind of story.

Saoirse Ronan

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.

Stephen Sondheim

I'm a novelist by trade and my job is to write a story rather than reconstruct actual events.

Sara Sheridan

With 'Titanic,' you have all the first-class passengers interwoven with wonderful stories about the maids and the engineers, the people downstairs in the galleys.

Sophie Winkleman

First off, I could never become a doctor. Blood? Even the fake blood on 'American Horror Story,' I'm kind of ready to hurl.

Taissa Farmiga

I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles.

Tom Folsom

We don't market products narrowly. We market big stories about the industry, things that matter to a lot of people.

Tim O'Reilly

It doesn't bother me when people try to deconstruct my songs - because at least they're looking at the lyrics, and paying attention to the way the story is told.

Taylor Swift

You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one.

Theodore Sturgeon

Like most writers, I just create because I have a story to tell, really.

Tom Stoppard

If a writer writes poems and short stories and novels, but nobody ever reads them, is she really a writer?

Jennifer Weiner

Of, course it always cheers a news editor when a story has what we describe as 'legs' therefore it, erm, runs.

Kamal Ahmed

Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.

Karen Armstrong

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.

Kevin Bacon

I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.

Kazuo Ishiguro

I spent ages figuring out things like viewpoint, how you tell the story, and so on.

Kazuo Ishiguro

Sometimes I realize halfway through a story, I'm like, 'Why would anyone care about this? It's uninteresting.'

Kyle Kinane

Entertainment is one of America's greatest exports. And the stories that we tell about people inform the world about how to think about people.

Kelly McCreary

You don't want people to think you're just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu.

Karen Russell

I am a big proponent of being in touch with everyone even when I do not have a story to ask about.

Kara Swisher

I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story.

Karin Slaughter