Stories Quotes

For all mankind that unstained scroll unfurled, Where God might write anew the story of the World.

That's the definition of a mini-series. A mini-series is a show that has no continuing story or narrative elements between one group of episodes and another, so no, I wasn't surprised.

Until I can read a story physically, with the eyes, it doesn't seem to exist for me.

The question for us is not what new story will come out next. The question is, what are we going to do about it?

I like small stories.

The secret is to start a story near the ending.

I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.

Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.

My career in Congress is a story of before Sandy Hook and after Sandy Hook.

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.

Whenever I meet people for the first time, I assume that they have a great story to tell and that it's my job to find it.

You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after.

I think any time you've got a story based on a true story, no matter how accurate it is, obviously it's still fictitious.

Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.

I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.

To me, a great love story is a great love story, and it doesn't matter what gender is involved.

All of a sudden, I was hearing stories about how difficult I was to work with, ridiculous rumors about drugs and what a diva I was. I never had to go to rehab or a program.

Sometimes, if I had until the next day to turn the story in, I'd head home, finding that the knot in the narrative came loose with the rhythmic clacking of the subway train.

I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.

There are real people behind the [Bible] stories.

I'm somewhat of an empath, I would say. I relate easily to ideas and stories, books, films, music. I'm moved by all of these things. Art in general. But not just art, you know?

And what if I fail?" "Ah! Then you'll have a story to tell.

There are astonishing stories of heroism not only in preventing bloodshed, but in building understanding which lasts.

I'm a fan of horror movies that have really good stories.

We have no filter for music, but we feel it when what's being spoken and sung is telling a story and evidencing a character.

In the South, we tell stories. We tell stories if you're in a sales position, if you're in a retail position, you lure your customer by telling a story. You just do.

Ideas come and go, stories stay.

Great design should tell a story.

I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers.

It's different if you're a painter. You can hidethe ones that don't work. You can't do that with movies. They tellthe story of who you are at the time, and that's the wonderful thingabout it.

I have a reputation for doing superheroes, but I like all kinds of writing. In fact, hardly anybody knows this, but I've probably written as many humor stories as superhero stories.

I like to write adventure stories; that's what I tell myself. But you can't help letting your own personality, your own experiences, slip through.

I think the way you become a good storyteller is to read a lot of stories and evaluate them in your own mind.

Each story tells me how to write it, but not the one afterwards.

Any story worth telling is worth embellishing.

I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.

You're trying to bring a character to an audience, and tell stories. That's what we're all trying do.

If you don't want to be in a story, don't know a writer.

I know it's such a boring interview sometimes with us at 'American Horror Story', but I just can't say a word. I would certainly love to be back, that's for sure. It's such a great job.

The funny thing is, whenever I'm working on something, I kind of forget there's a lot of people watching. It makes it easier to be in the moment and to tell a story as well as possible.

No story sits by itself, Sometimes stories meet at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river.

I want to try new creative things and find refreshing stories. That's how I've come to choose the roles that I've done.

My life story is the story of everyone I've ever met.

Just like any woman,...we weave our stories out of our bodies. Some of us through our children, or our art; some do it just by living. It's all the same.

It's so pretentious, but I believe that with comedy, if you have a good story, 90% of it is casting. Once you get the guys and gals in there, it's pretty easy to make a funny movie.

After all, the nation is not just an entity. It's a story. It's a story of what's salient, what brought us together, what we are willing to live and die for.

And if you have five seconds to spare, I'll tell you the story of my life".

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After writing a story I was always empty and both sad and happy, as though I had made love.

The only failure is not knowing how to be happy."---My Story