Stories Quotes - Page 123

The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.

Readers tend to devour short stories on a newssheet, but would be disinclined to read them in collections

If a person survives an ordinary span of sixty years or more, there is every chance that his or her life as a shapely story has ended and all that remains to be experienced is epilogue. Life is not over, but the story is.

What do my science fiction stories have in common with pornography? Fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world, I'm told.

I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers.

I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films; I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell. Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.

A synopsis of every story we do: someone gets over their own stupid ass.

I grew up with some kind of storytelling instinct, and when I write, my default setting is to find a story and then to tell it. It's the only way I know how to write.

The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold.

There's no such thing as complete when it comes to stories. Stories are infinite. They are as infinite as worlds.

Scars are stories, history written on the body

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

Know that there is so much more to you than your body. It's not just about perfecting the steps; you must trust your instincts to tell deep, emotional stories through the steps that you are performing.

I have no problem at all taking my shirt off to tell a story.

Very quickly I realized that directing is a combination of things: It's visual, it's directing the actors, it's telling a story. And people don't always mention this part of directing, but it's also knowing how to really edit something into something that makes sense.

The story of Hosea and Gomer is the second most powerful picture of God's love in the Bible. Other than Christ's death, there is no greater picture of love.

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.

Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence.

What you cut out becomes part of the story you tell.

We cannot bear for our most mysterious experiences to remain unexplained. I've therefore learned...that every story has worth, since a person takes the time to tell it. The key is to listen.

(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.

Everything starts with a story.

You're trying to bring a character to an audience, and tell stories. That's what we're all trying do.

My life story is the story of everyone I've ever met.

Your brand is a story unfolding across all customer touch points.