Quotes of: Story-lines Keyword

What simple and ordinary lives we live, underneath the shadows of projection screen artists

White Wedding Lies, and Discontent: An American Love Story

I don't know. I got nothing. No house, no people, no place. Maybe that's troubles. Don't I say?

A Walk in the Night and Other Stories

Fiction is Truth's elder sister. Obviously. No one in the world knew what truth was till some one had told a story.

Writings on Writing

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

The Woman in White

This isn't the kind of story where understanding makes you smart, or not understanding makes you dumb.

xxxHolic, Vol. 2

Nothing says you care like sending someone a kitten.

The Zombie Sheriff Takes Tucson: A Love Story

The toughest part about riding a horse is overcoming the urge to eat it.

The Zombie Sheriff Takes Tucson: A Love Story

Sometimes the thing one wants most is the very thing that will get him killed with an axe.

The Zombie Sheriff Takes Tucson: A Love Story

And for the city's birthday, we will host events in every neighborhood of the city, inviting all of our residents to share in the celebration of Boston's great epic - the story of neighbors who support one another where it matters most.

Thomas Menino

My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story with widespread public appeal, devote your best resources to it, say a quiet prayer, and swing for the fences.

Graydon Carter

To the small group of editors and designers who would launch Wired in January 1993, technology represented the future's best hope; but to the media, the tech boom was yesterday's story.

Gary Wolf

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.

Joe Barton

I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.

J. Cole

I say that glorious prose is a fine and laudable thing, but without an enthralling story, it's just so much verbal tapioca. Simply put, the best books have both, and the best writers disparage neither.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

I love 'Love Actually' and particularly the story with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. I think it's possibly the best exploration of infidelity that's ever been done because it really feels accurate and real.

John Requa

Oh, I love to read more than anything. I always love the 'New Stories From the South' anthologies - I think it's the best short fiction collection anywhere, just filled with treasures.

Lucy Alibar

Billy Barnes signed me and got me my first role in an interracial love story filmed in Atlanta called 'Together For Days' with Clifton Davis. My mother thinks it was my best work. You cannot find a copy of it.

Lois Chiles

My character's kind of grown up with Katniss. The beginning of the story, they're more or less brother and sister than anything. They're best friends. They've been keeping each other alive. It's a little frustrating, for the character. As the charact...

Liam Hemsworth

Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I'm always looking for projects that let me be the best filmmaker I can be, and to be stretched and grow further.

Lucy Walker

I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's 'The Elephant's Child' and 'The Jungle Book.' Deep down, I've always wanted to write a book about a wild child and an elephant.

Michael Morpurgo

Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it.

Nick Flynn