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When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I complete that novel I return to the earlier novel and rewrite much of it. In the meantime the second novel lies in a desk drawer Picture Quote #1

You don’t reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue Picture Quote #1

Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object Picture Quote #1

I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more Picture Quote #1

A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren’t that terrific Picture Quote #1

You hear stories of intense actors who can’t shed their character and who don’t know who they are for a week or two after. I’m not that guy, man Picture Quote #1

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The stories I’m interested in are challenging ones, and maybe that requires a little bit more of you. I love my job and I want to earn the right to do it every single day Picture Quote #1

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I’ve had. I was just writing stories for my own sons Picture Quote #1

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven Picture Quote #1

Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family Picture Quote #1

Anytime you share life stories with other people, you know, you are acknowledging their humanity and kind of accessing some things about yourself, and other people start to expect things about themselves. It’s kind of like a fellowship Picture Quote #1

I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight Picture Quote #1

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My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do Picture Quote #1

I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it’s a better way of telling the stories Picture Quote #1

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a particular ambition in any medium. I just want to keep telling stories. If somebody pays me, also good Picture Quote #1

People may think I’m trying something new by telling stories, but they’re just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That’s what I do Picture Quote #1

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I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities; above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language Picture Quote #1

Stories never really end... even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don’t end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page Picture Quote #1

The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death Picture Quote #1

There’s a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we’re even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won’t supply them Picture Quote #1

And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old stories Picture Quote #1

The inside jokes weren’t jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia Picture Quote #1

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I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point Picture Quote #1

We sit and listen and are enthralled anew, for good stories, it seems, never lose their magic Picture Quote #1

Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent Picture Quote #1

That’s why love stories don’t have endings! They don’t have endings because love doesn’t end Picture Quote #1

Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I came to tell you stories while you are young. And like me, you were born with a word on your tongue Picture Quote #1

Trust me, I’m telling you stories... I can change the story. I am the story Picture Quote #1

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When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I complete that novel I return to the earlier novel and rewrite much of it. In the meantime the second novel lies in a desk drawer (Stories Quotes) You don’t reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue (Stories Quotes) Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object (Stories Quotes) I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more (Stories Quotes) A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren’t that terrific (Stories Quotes) You hear stories of intense actors who can’t shed their character and who don’t know who they are for a week or two after. I’m not that guy, man (Stories Quotes) The stories I’m interested in are challenging ones, and maybe that requires a little bit more of you. I love my job and I want to earn the right to do it every single day (Stories Quotes) I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I’ve had. I was just writing stories for my own sons (Stories Quotes) There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven (Stories Quotes) Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family (Stories Quotes) Anytime you share life stories with other people, you know, you are acknowledging their humanity and kind of accessing some things about yourself, and other people start to expect things about themselves. It’s kind of like a fellowship (Stories Quotes) I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight (Stories Quotes) My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do (Stories Quotes) I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it’s a better way of telling the stories (Stories Quotes) Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them (Stories Quotes) 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 (Stories Quotes) I don’t have a particular ambition in any medium. I just want to keep telling stories. If somebody pays me, also good (Stories Quotes) People may think I’m trying something new by telling stories, but they’re just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That’s what I do (Stories Quotes) I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities; above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language (Stories Quotes) Stories never really end... even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don’t end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page (Stories Quotes) The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death (Stories Quotes) There’s a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we’re even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won’t supply them (Stories Quotes) And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old stories (Stories Quotes) The inside jokes weren’t jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia (Stories Quotes) I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point (Stories Quotes) We sit and listen and are enthralled anew, for good stories, it seems, never lose their magic (Stories Quotes) Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent (Stories Quotes) That’s why love stories don’t have endings! They don’t have endings because love doesn’t end (Stories Quotes) Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I came to tell you stories while you are young. And like me, you were born with a word on your tongue (Stories Quotes) Trust me, I’m telling you stories... I can change the story. I am the story (Stories Quotes)

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