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Let the story tell itself.

But in a story I can steal her soul.

The story of Jesus changes our lives because it is true.

Indeed if we Christians so tell our story that Judaism is silenced, then we have not spoken rightly of Christ.

The history of Israel and Judaism is the unfolding of the meaning of this story. It's retelling is never finished and will not be until the Kingdom.

Every commercial covers different ground, different ideas, and it's my profession to direct and to tell stories - for me, it's very organic.

It seems like as soon as you have written something, it dictates a story. So I need to be careful.

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.

One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love.

That's more along what the story is, as opposed to me being onstage singing.

We really did it write it for the story but once you get into production, once you start doing this process certain things will jump out at you. Some shots will be more 3-D than others.

We, as producers, want to tell the best stories. We want to tell the stories that people will talk about.

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write them.

These are the stories of travelers on a spiritual quest between worlds. Part mythmaker, part poet, Omar Castaeda is an original, and these stories are unlike any in our literature.

Fiction is about feeling, which is to say that short stories are about all of us.

I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories.

I think the voice can carry a story.

I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people.

The loss of the culture is one of the main reasons Ciro Guerra wanted to tell their story.

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?

Let's not pretend there isn't a huge industry driven by the choices made by editors and writers who decide what a story is.

When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another.

Don't have too much story for the time you have.

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.

My favorite movies are love stories.

Television's grown up a lot. It's a little more adult, which I think is a good thing. It allows actors to tell more complex stories. I'm happy to see where it ends up.

It's the responsibility of the survivor to tell the story.

It's not so much that I enjoy screenwriting, though mostly I do, but the difference is, with adaptations, somebody else has done the hard part - made up a story, provided the characters.

Anytime you do a story that has an impact beyond that day's headlines and in what I regard as a very positive direction there has to be a certain amount of pride.

If you're a writer you know that the stories don't come to you, you have to go looking for them. The old men in the lobby: that's where the stories were.

God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.

A lot of things just got distorted, like stories about each other. After the tour we never talked. I believe a band should be a band.

I currently live in the Plaza in New York and I love it - all that history, all those interesting stories.

I'm in love with kid's stories and animation.

I am filled suddenly with hope. I don't think I will ever die. We are looking for ghosts, but, I think, a good story will do.

Help shape the stories that people are telling about you.

The big influence on me was Robert Altman, who, especially in 'Nashville,' transformed my sense of dramatic structure and showed how you could handle overlapping stories.

Have good examples and stories to drive home your content.

You can use your story, or your story can use you.

It's not the time we spend but how we spend the time that truly tells our story.

I'm a conduit for telling people's stories. It's a privilege.

I love sharing my stories and experiences with people and connecting to them on both a humorous and emotional level.

I was raised in the church by my grandmother who made sure we went to Sunday School, read the Bible and went to church every Sunday. Every night we read Bible stories before we went to bed.

When you are telling your story, hold your own ink pen. Don't let anybody else tell your story.

My boyfriend asked me to tell a story without my hands, and I couldn't talk.

I've been told that my music tells a story, but I don't know the story.

When you have fans telling you their stories it makes you feel like you're not alone.

With Crucible, any big changes I wanted to make I only had to run by Lucasfilm, not other authors whose stories I might affect.

I know where I'm supposed to be at the time of the snap. Now, where the play dictates I'm going to go is a different story.