Stories Quotes

You need a story to displace a story.

I can't write my life story without Emmitt and Troy. They can't write their life stories without me. We're tied together forever. This is a day to remember for the rest of our lives.

A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.

Stories and cigarettes ruined lives of lesser girls.

I like young girls. Their stories are shorter.

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.

I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.

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.

Caution is the lower story of prudence.

I'm more a fan of old-school films with really interesting stories and good performances. That's what I'd like to do.

The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature.

I love not being in a comfortable state, anyway. That makes for much more interesting storylines and an interesting story.

He who wishes to paint Christ's story must live with Christ.

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.

I just want to make sure I could tell my story the way I want to tell it. I just want to own my truth.

Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil... The theme came from stories and ideas that have been around for thousands of years.

I love to tell stories. I love to tell stories the way I tell them, not the way anybody else tells them. I am all the time writing a novel.

Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.

The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

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

The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.

What's really good is that there are people making stories and writing them and the vast majority never see the light of day and it doesn't matter a fig.

Too many times nowadays the picture is expected to tell the whole story, when in truth there's only one picture in a hundred thousand that can stand alone as a piece of communication.

My favorite movie is Closer and Love Story.

It's all about letting the story take over.

There's room for magic and inspiration. There's room to live a better story.

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

What brings me the most joy is stories about progressive thinking. When a mother or father accepts their child for whoever they are... when goodness prevails... blah blah blah. I'm a cheese ball.

A science fiction story is just an attempt to solve a problem that exists in the world, sometimes a moral problem, sometimes a physical or social or theological problem.

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

I think that the audience intuitively understands the idea of sampling and remixing stories. That's why electronic music is global.

If you start to see more successful businesses that are playing on a global level, the story of Africa will begin to change

All love stories are tales of beginnings. When we talk about falling in love, we go to the beginning, to pinpoint the moment of freefall.

You can insist on a different end to the story.

The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!

[Angels] aid us in our personal mission. We have to learn to listen, for if we block the angels out, they become only the fairy beings of dreams and pleasant stories.

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.

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

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

A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.

Words are how we think; stories are how we link.

I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there.

With watercolour, you can't cover up the marks. There's the story of the construction of the picture, and then the picture might tell another story as well.

The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.

Maybe there are only three kinds of stories: those we live, those we tell, and those that help our souls fly upwards to a greater life.

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

It's the stories that make my heart beat faster ...those are the ones to write about

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.

Old stories often turn out to be true.

A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.