Quotes of: Good-story Keyword

Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books.

Pat Brown

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings.

Shawn Ashmore

Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'

Salman Rushdie

We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh ?

The Doctor

All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.

Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

Places change imperceptibly – in detail, at least – a good deal,' said the Doctor, making an effort to keep up a conversation that plainly would not go on itself; 'and people too; population shifts – there's an old fellow, sir, they call Death.

The Haunted Baronet And Others: Ghost Stories 1861-70

We sometimes choose the most locked up, dark versions of the story, but what a good friend does is turn on the lights, open the window, and remind us that there are a whole lot of ways to tell the same story.

Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way

Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness,’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.

Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage: Stories of Our Most Admired President

Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they tell us in school and in the New York Times Review. In fact, it's a good thing that stories are as different as we are, one from ...

Sundays at Tiffany's

You see people, you judge. It's just the human thing to do - good or bad, it's a fact. Like when you get a coffee at Starbucks and the person is rude to you. My mom always says, 'Yeah, but you don't know what kind of day they're having.' You don't kn...

Nicola Peltz

Nothing to say. I used to be a ghostwriter for a publisher.’ ‘Medieval stuff?’ ‘Eighty-page love stories. You have this guy, untrustworthy but good in bed, and this girl, radiant but innocent. In the end they fall madly in love and it’s inc...

Fred Vargas

Idgie Threadgoode: There's so many [voice breaking] Idgie Threadgoode: things I want to say to you. Ruth: No, I love your stories. Tell me a story, Idgie. [pause] Ruth: Go on you ol' Bee Charmer, tell me a good tall tale.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Woody: Here's your list of things to do while I'm gone: batteries need to be changed. Toys at the bottom of the chest need to be rotated. Oh, and make sure everyone attends Mr. Spell's seminar on what to do if you or part of you is swallowed. Okay? O...

Toy Story 2

As long as people believe in the written word and a good story.. They will believe in me.

Solange nicole

When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.

Ben Stein

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!

Dwayne Johnson

Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.

D. J. MacHale

The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.

James Lee Burke

They can certainly expect to be very impressed with the technical aspects of the show, fooled and led up the garden path by the story and ultimately have a jolly good laugh!

Louise Jameson

To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.

Queen Latifah

To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is what I've always wanted to do.

Robert Harris