Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
It's the same old story you've heard a thousand times. Somebody's trust gets broken. Somebody's left behind.
In a place where everyone knew my story, it was nice to know there was a chapter that ONLY I HAD TO READ. :)
The only story that seems worth writing is a cry, a shot, a scream. A story should break the reader's heart.
For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people.
If you have something that people connect with, you want to keep telling that story and progressing forward.
It's hard to imagine, but we cant think of HIV/AIDS as being somebody else's story. It could be any of ours.
The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.
And I really have done everything that I said I did do. The rest is just a story that somebody else made up.
Among the tortures and devestations of life is this then - our friends are not able to finish their stories.
It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
This is a classic story of the friendship between humans and cats. Yes. I got in a lie right from the start!
& all your friends telling you stories that you often misinterpret and taint all the images of yo Mr Perfect
An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.
Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.
That’s where proper stories begin, don’t they, when the handsome stranger arrives and everything goes wrong?
A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.
After adolescence, if one's life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes.
If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.
I was 21, when I heard the story that inspired this [thriller Allied], and I wasn't even a screenwriter then.
Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.
I think the way you become a good storyteller is to read a lot of stories and evaluate them in your own mind.
I wanted to know as the director how the actors wanted to tell this story I wanted to know what they thought.
I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.
I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song.
I love Cheryl [Hines] so much and had so much fun with her. Off set we got on so well and would tell stories.
All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.
Everyone is introduced to the Peter Pan story when they're very young. This story is part of everyone's life.
It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
I also felt The Kite Runner was a story that would lend itself well to a visual retelling in a graphic novel.
We cant compare stories. We can only know in our hearts that we are the same. That may be the best we can do.
My teeth became sour as I listened to his story. It was then that I understood why he was quiet all the time.
In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories.
It's not all about content. It's all about stories. It's not all about stories. It's all about great stories.
From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.
This is not a love story, but love is in it. That is, love is just outside it, looking for a way to break in.
The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.
I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.
Food is about making an interaction with ingredients. If you talk to them, they will always tell you a story.
I think you have to be very careful with effects that they don't overpower the story with the visual element.
I started as a songwriter and wanted to be like Leonard Cohen. I've always seen my stories as enlarged songs.
One of my favourite messages about The Pirate Fairy is that the story is about appreciating your own talents.
Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out.
I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.
History is not what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago; it's a story about what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago.
I think it's actually kind of sweet how there is a reciprocal effect that our stories can have on each other.
Even as a little kid, I told lots of stories, and I wrote them down, and I loved reading fiction and fantasy.
Love is pointless. It’s the same sad sad story of with the same inevitable ending of miserable deterioration.
I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.
One of the things I've always tried to do in filmmaking is that you don't tell the story, you try to show it.
My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.