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And the Bible is not primarily a book of history. It is "His story," the story of God.
I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.
The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself.
Whether it's on top of a phone booth or a $200 million soundstage, it's about stories.
I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.
A great movie, in my opinion, is one that tells a familiar story in an unfamiliar way.
I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders
....we ain't doing civil rights here. We just telling stories like they really happen.
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
I'm much more drawn to fiction, to short stories, and to plays, than I am to diarists.
The bones of the story of 'War Horse' is a love story. That's what makes it universal.
I believe in the dull lie - make your story boring enough and no one will question it.
Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen.
It's not whether you won or lost, but how many bad-beat stories you were able to tell.
Forgiveness, which is the place that every story turns, the chance we give each other.
Memory plays tricks. Memory is another word for story, and nothing is more unreliable.
I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do.
Being a Dodgers fan led to my first Air Force court-martial, but that's another story.
I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories.
It has been said that sometimes we need a story more than food in order to live. p 374
Time slips away and leaves you with nothing, mister, but boring stories of glory days.
I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories.
I just thought, there are very few stories involving me, Anna Nicole Smith, and Jesus.
But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story
I prefer smaller movies because they tend to be more about character than about story.
I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don't feel as if I have it.
At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books.
There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.
Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.
I'm interested in stories about human beings. I don't care where or when they are set.
The telling of a good story, especially one that is real and true, is always exciting.
For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.
Original, pacy, and hugely entertaining-Seanan McGuire knows how to tell a good story!
I try to be honest; I really do try not to exaggerate the story. I try to be accurate.
One of my favorite writers is Hans Christian Anderson. His stories speak to the times.
I believe sharing stories and experiences is the best way to teach people to empathize!
My dear Elinor, you were obviously born into the wrong story,” said Dustfinger at last.
Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.
Words are clamor-filled shells. There's many a story in the miniature of a single word!
To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.
I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.
Journalism has a special, hallowed place for stories of its practitioners' persecution.
My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be.
A story has to have muscle as well as meaning, and the meaning has to be in the muscle.
I've seen 'Fried Green Tomatoes' too many times. I love life stories told in flashback.
Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.
You possess the (pro.pen.si.ty), propensity to become one of the great success stories.
No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.