My mother always said, 'The best way to ruin a story is to tell the other side.'
I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.
I've been taking longer to write stories lately.
I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.
Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.
Stories are like catechisms, but they're catechisms for your impulses, they're catechisms with flesh on.
If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.
It's impossible for an editor to know every source for every story.
I do not make stories up, full stop.
I trust my characters. They know their stories better than I do.
Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.
I try to tell the story, always. I do not want to be part of it.
If you're telling a story, and somebody is going to come out badly, it better be you.
I always like stories where the egg ends up on my face.
You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.
There is Story Behind every Smile and You Are My Favorite Chapter!!
sometimes stories and books are all that we need to take us away
I'm interested in telling the character's story, not my beliefs, political or otherwise.
'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.
One of Scotland's most important cultural exports - stories.
When I was a little kid, I told stories.
