Stories Quotes

I learned early on that there are all sorts of stories I have no place telling.

I've wanted to direct for a long time, but it had to be a story I wanted to tell. The writer's job is to find the story that he should tell.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

A big part of the story is American imperialism, and the flip side of that is the building up of the national security state here at home.

It might be more difficult because you haven't got a book or a prop, but for the most part I like to write unpaid... initially and my own stories.

A stellar, fully-realized collection of stories... grounded, wonderfully, in the river valleys of western Maine. You come away not only understanding a place but the soul of its people.

If a novel or a story works, you don't stop thinking about it; it doesn't truly end.

Lot of stories in deceit, how characters deceive other people, but most of all, I think, how they deceive themselves. We're not as tricky as we think we are.

A collection, for me, is a book of very diverse stories that somehow speak to each other, across wide geography, across time, years, decades.

I beat a story to within an inch of its life - that's when I know its done. Not before, not after.

Maybe my work is somewhat divided into family stories, things I know intimately, and then everybody else in the world - the strangers who I am totally fascinated with.

Ah. My story. Are you certain you wish to hear it? It is long, unlikely, and remarkably unedifying -- shameful, even, to come from a minister's lips. Blasphemous, too, properly regarded.

Frankly, I've got to admit that I'm not perfect and have made some mistakes as some of the colourful stories about me reveal.

To ask for a map is to say, "Tell me a story."

You are. I'm just fatalistically cheerful. We all come into the story halfway through, we all catch up as best we can, and we're all gonna die before it ends.

I love stories and I don't like to repeat myself. And I look for new stuff, and as they say it gets harder.

I never punched in anything when I recorded Imaginaryland. Where the title came from is a whole other story.

Stories have inspired me all my life. I like reading about what other people have done and it inspires me to share my own stories, and encourage people to make their own life stories.

Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories.

When it comes to telling children stories, they don’t need simple language. They need beautiful language.

For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and it might not be as harmless as a story.

I am a story teller. If I wanted to send a message I would have written a sermon.

The state of mind which I put myself when I tell a story is one in which superstition flourishes very easily. And I welcome that because it helps me.

I'm with the Grimms on this: stories for young and old. You can't characterize them any better than that.

I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling we've got, which is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." I told those stories many, many times.

And as he spoke, I was thinking, 'the kind of stories that people turn life into, the kind of lives people turn stories into.

God must love art because most of the Bible is expressed in the form of story or poetry.

Journalists don't retire, writers don't retire. I'm still hoping for that other big story. There's always one just around the corner.

Actually everybody has a story, a fairy tale in their heart that they adhere to.

Good stories are not written. They are rewritten.

What's the problem with 'never?' It keeps you from trying. It ensures that you will fail. End of story.

There have been miraculous stories in the history of big football events all around the globe, with host nations achieving fantastic results and even winning titles with the support of their fans.

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing a novel seems impossible.

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs.

I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and the people he introduces me to and the stories he brings home.

You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story.

Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.

I do like putting scenario and story first, and I actually like masking whatever I want to say in the guise of genre.

The story of the movie [Romeo + Juliet] is timeless. It's relevant then.

Terry was beside himself. Not literally. This story would be that much more painful if there were two Terrys, able to stand next to each other and simultaneously curse Leven.

I can see a movie and believe the story and characterization and stay proud of it. It doesn't change. Even if it's unappreciated, that doesn't mean it can't be appreciated in the future.

Every movie requires its own style. Just be honest to the story. Tell the story in the best possible way that is different, exciting and original.

I love to make stories out of license plates on cars about the initials and the numbers - my mum used to do that with me.

Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think about how music is made.

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

In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.

It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.

If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how "important" it is?

. . . All these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as spectators, but as participants, and so have looked at the world, not with my eyes only, but also with their own.

Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise in them than defeat.