Stories Quotes

I'm addicted to when people are bringing you around their country, telling you their stories. They become so enthusiastic, so passionate.

A book is basically just symbols arranged to form this story, this world. But on the other hand, books, novels, literature in general, is what shows us at our most human.

Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.

Ani told them all...telling more than needed telling, the stories clarifying and unifying themselves in her mind as she let them spill out of her mouth.

With each movie I get better and I'm able to tell incredible stories that move people into motion.

In terms of Saving Face, I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn’t let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and seeking treatment.

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.

I'm a reader and a storyteller, and God chose literature and story and poetry as the languages of my spiritual text. To me, the Bible is a manifesto, a guide, a love letter, a story.

Fresh content doesn't exist to game the SEO system. It's the words, images, and stories that truly engage us, make us want to share with others, and creates a bond between us and a brand.

What you see determines how you interpret the world, which in turn influences what you expect of the world and how you expect the story of your life to unfold.

We create stories to define our existence. If we do not create the stories, we probably go mad.

Imagery is the most important to me when singing stories. I try to paint pictures with the words and decorate with little to no singing....let the song do the work.

You chose me, I chose you. End of story.

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

I like stories that affect families.

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell

Every actor chooses their story at the beginning.

Terrorism is based on two major pillars: One is injustice, and the other is a certainty of attitude, the notion that their version of the story is the correct one.

I was 4 and dictating stories into a tape recorder, and my mom typed them up.

I think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really interesting, small stories.

There's no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we're happy; end of story.

There are lots of stories about how philosophy begins. Some people claim it begins in wonder; some people claim it begins in worry. I claim it begins in disappointment.

How well you tell your story determines how well your customers tell your story.

Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.

I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight.

I went to get a detective story. You have to kill time. But time will kill me too - and there´s the true, preestablished balance.

We lose ourselves in stories; that's the beauty of literary art.

How is a woman to tell the story of her life and not stumble upon men?

I wanted to make a love story without being nerdy.

Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual.

I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America, which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories.

I'm not saying that we need more stories about people of a certain age, we just need more great stories about people.

We have bodies. We have personalities. We have histories, stories and experiences. But we are not those things - we are Spirit.

I'm just always making things that are personal but hopefully also inspiring, and share not just my story, but other people's stories.

Odd things happen in New York, which is why it's such a great source of stories.

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with

Every kid loves fairy tales, stories of witches and giants and magicians. Then, when you get a little older you can't read fairy tales anymore.

So I'm happiest when I'm working with artists and writers, and involved in stories, whether we're talking about animation or movies or comics or television.

When you combine the great stories from the comics with the action and visual excitement of the movies, it doesn't get any better!

There are lots of stories in pop music, lots of lush orchestrations, lots of attention to detail. You just have to know where to find them. The best stuff is never overt.

That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this story - to write the novel and then direct the movie.

Harold and Maude' was a seminal movie for me because it's not only a beautiful love story, but it's also about the moment when misfits find each other.

The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.

I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.

Tom Kealey might be my favorite short story writer and this astonishing collection is long overdue.

I wanted them to love the story so they would love me.

What the readers want is a good story, and what the writers always want to luck into, it's a good story.

Something deep within us drives accurate messiness into the neat channels of canonical stories.

... each with its own beauty, and each with a story to tell.

Jesus communicated parables to the secular people around him and he used stories that were very relevant to their lives, and He was taking heaven's truth and packaging it in an earthly context.