Stories Quotes - Page 61

History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.

The universe is not made up of atoms; it’s made up of tiny stories.

We are creatures of story, and the process of changing one mind or the whole world must begin with 'Once upon a time.'

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die.

Romance is all about making a story out of our love.

You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling.

Stories, we all have stories. Nature does not tell stories, we do. We find ourselves in them, make ourselves in them, choose ourselves in them. If we are the stories we tell ourselves, we had better choose them well.

I associate times with certain music. It still is that for me. It's telling the story of our lives.

Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.

If it's not your story to tell, you don't tell it.

I first studied to be a preacher, but decided that I was too prone to tell big stories. Then I studied Blackstone for a while and soon learned that I was not adept enough at prevarication to make a successful lawyer. I then made up my mind that I would seek some field where I could tell big stories and tell the truth.

Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it.

It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film. It's not good.

Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing." ~ Sam (Hilary Duff), A Cinderella Story

I am primarily a loner. I don't go to clubs. I don't hang out with people. I don't know many people. It's just the way it ended up. It's not a sob story; it's fine for me.

You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of admissions. I abandoned many stories because of that. But I don't get too down about it. It's something I accepted from the time I decided to work in films.

As a matter of fact, I deliberately look for the mundane, because I feel these stories are ignored. The most influential things that happen to virtually all of us are the things that happen on a daily basis. Not the traumas.

That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.

There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door... Two sentences and an ellipsis of three dots.

It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story and all kinds of sonic goodness.

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!

All my jewelry has stories.

Just so you know I never had a dad either, but that's another story for another time.