Quotes of: Story Keyword

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.

Olivier Dahan

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

Ouida

I tell stories so only the independents do that and they don't pay you that much. I'd rather do TV or an HBO movie.

Penny Marshall

But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.

Parminder Nagra

When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.

Paul Theroux

Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.

Patricia C. Wrede

Writing a nonfiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you're in, you're in.

Rich Cohen

You're encouraged to pitch your own story. That way, you'll have more control over what you do.

Rob Corddry

There's no reason to worry I started brand new story

Rocky13

A book series is never truly over. The story lives on, even when the final page has been turned.

Richard P. Denney

A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.

Rupert Holmes

No time is more precious and well rewarded than those few moments you spend reading a story to a child

Robert D. Harris

The biggest stories are written about the things which draw human beings closer together.

Susan Glaspell

With 'Shameless,' 'Homeland' and 'American Horror Story,' these are all shows that don't follow a particular mold, and they are out-there. The acting is spectacular.

Shanola Hampton

Sense how Even the smooth stones ache With stories of their own In the shuddering light of day.

Scott Hastie

With a little heartache; Gone with the time, Are certain memories, Intricately designed. To call & narrate A story of blissful sunshine.

Somya Kedia

The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be.

Stewart O'Nan

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11.

Sara Paretsky

The more people talk about eating disorders, the more people get the real story about what they're like.

Scarlett Pomers

When I get tired of new clunky writing, I resort to old fashioned story tellers, like Wilkie Collins.

Sonia Rumzi

Interviewing politicians and movie stars, you know what you'll get. I like the people-stories better.

Shepard Smith