One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing.
Sometimes I hear a voice - sometimes it's the voice of someone I know. And sometimes that leads to a character, which leads to a story.
I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point.
Sometimes, when I couldn’t afford to pay the utility bill at the end of the month, I was forced to read by the light of the stories themselves.
Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.
What's the story of the hidden daisies among the roses, & the stars which break at the dawn, or the littered leaves after the storm. #Unsung
The best historical stories capture the modern imagination because they are, in many senses, still current - part of a continuum.
How did pretty little Anna go from Westchester suburb brat to New York hooker? Now that’s a story.
Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.
I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.
Once God wrote a story that shook the heaven to the very core. Love was the only language used; You and I were the only characters.
I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.
Horror fans are very passionate people, and they are very much into the 'Saw' thing. So they watch sometimes as carefully as the writers and producers do, in terms of the way the story plays out.
I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.
A woman will feel emotionally secure when you can listen to her stories. Then she will learn to love you.
I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles. The question is, what's in between?
The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it, whether it excites me.
Showing young children in these communities, that there are outlets for their feelings, that there is room in a space for their stories to be told, and that they will be applauded - and it's not about ego, it's about connection: that their pain is ev...
Some people are probably scratching their heads and saying, How did that happen? That's because some of the media didn't give the public the full story.
People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.
