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Story Quotes

I’ve seen my grandmothers grow old and they are so beautiful, every wrinkle in their face tells a story. I want to feel that in 30 years. I would always choose that kind of beauty over that comes from having too much done to yourself Picture Quote #1

You’ve got my heart in unfamiliar territory. It’s never been out here on my sleeve. But here tonight with you it’s quite a different story. You bring out a side of me no one has ever seen Picture Quote #1

In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter Picture Quote #1

The great thing about a short story is that it doesn’t have to trawl through someone’s whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side Picture Quote #1

Don’t live like there’s no tomorrow, that’s stupid. But live your life like it’s a story that you would want to tell someone else. A little fun, a little exciting, a little sexy, and always off key Picture Quote #1

Moral of the story: try to get things right, figure out what’s going wrong with the scenario, and don’t give up Picture Quote #1

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I’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are Picture Quote #1

What I try to do is write a story about a detective rather than a detective story. Keeping the reader fooled until the last, possible moment is a good trick and I usually try to play it, but I can’t attach more than secondary importance to it. The puzzle isn’t so interesting to me as the behavior of the detective attacking it Picture Quote #1

Every creative story is different. And every creative story is the same. There was nothing. Now there is something. It’s almost like magic Picture Quote #1

Who wants to put together something that will bear some relationship to the vision or memory or experience or story or idea or dream or whatever Picture Quote #1

If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story Picture Quote #1

The reason books get banned, but movies can do almost anything is because the novel is more powerful than a movie. The reader is part of the creation of the story because they must imagine and envision it. There is creation in the act of reading Picture Quote #1

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The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea Picture Quote #1

The good were worthy of note because they battled and that battle was a great story, whereas the evil were evil because of moral laziness, or weakness, and that was ultimately a dull and uninteresting affair Picture Quote #1

Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up Picture Quote #1

Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous Picture Quote #1

Admittedly, key archival documentation remains under lock and key and will be inaccessible for a long time to come. But enough material is available, in the form of declassified documents, memoirs, oral histories and journalistic treatments, to begin to piece together the story Picture Quote #1

If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen Picture Quote #1

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I begin by writing paragraphs that don’t have an immediate relation to a plot. The sound of the story comes first Picture Quote #1

One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted her to tell her that they once had something just like that happen to them. Subtly her pain became a story about themselves. Eventually she stopped talking to most people. It was just too lonely. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care. Many people with cancer talk about the relief of having someone just listen Picture Quote #1

I write because to write a new sentence, let alone a new poem, is to cross the threshold into both a larger existence and a profound mystery. A thought was not there, then it is. An image, a story, an idea about what it is to be human, did not exist, then it does. With every new poem, an emotion new to the heart, to the world, speaks itself into being Picture Quote #1

Without devotion any life becomes a stranger’s story... told for the body to forget what it once loved Picture Quote #1

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance Picture Quote #1

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing Picture Quote #1

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The study of an idea is, of necessity, the story of many things. Ideas, like large rivers, never have just one source. Just as the water of a river near its mouth, in its final form, is composed largely of many tributaries, so an idea, in its final form, is composed largely of later additions Picture Quote #1

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story Picture Quote #1

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep Picture Quote #1

Every once in a while, there comes a story. A story that blows your mind. One where you know you’ve made a difference. That’s what makes it all worthwhile. That and the anticipation. It’s addictive, because you never know when it will happen, but when it does, nothing in the world is as important Picture Quote #1

There’s no right way to tell all stories, only the right way to tell a particular story Picture Quote #1

I’m just a storyteller, and the cinema happens to be my medium. I like it because it recreates life in movement, enlarges it, enhances it, distills it. For me, it’s far closer to the miraculous creation of life than, say, a painting or music or even literature. It’s not just an art form; it’s actually a new form of life, with its own rhythms, cadences, perspectives and transparencies. It’s my way of telling a story Picture Quote #1

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I’ve seen my grandmothers grow old and they are so beautiful, every wrinkle in their face tells a story. I want to feel that in 30 years. I would always choose that kind of beauty over that comes from having too much done to yourself (Story Quotes) You’ve got my heart in unfamiliar territory. It’s never been out here on my sleeve. But here tonight with you it’s quite a different story. You bring out a side of me no one has ever seen (Story Quotes) In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter (Story Quotes) The great thing about a short story is that it doesn’t have to trawl through someone’s whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side (Story Quotes) Don’t live like there’s no tomorrow, that’s stupid. But live your life like it’s a story that you would want to tell someone else. A little fun, a little exciting, a little sexy, and always off key (Story Quotes) Moral of the story: try to get things right, figure out what’s going wrong with the scenario, and don’t give up (Story Quotes) I’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are (Story Quotes) What I try to do is write a story about a detective rather than a detective story. Keeping the reader fooled until the last, possible moment is a good trick and I usually try to play it, but I can’t attach more than secondary importance to it. The puzzle isn’t so interesting to me as the behavior of the detective attacking it (Story Quotes) Every creative story is different. And every creative story is the same. There was nothing. Now there is something. It’s almost like magic (Story Quotes) Who wants to put together something that will bear some relationship to the vision or memory or experience or story or idea or dream or whatever (Story Quotes) If you lose count of how many cookies you ate, the calorie intake ceases to exist. True story (Story Quotes) The reason books get banned, but movies can do almost anything is because the novel is more powerful than a movie. The reader is part of the creation of the story because they must imagine and envision it. There is creation in the act of reading (Story Quotes) The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea (Story Quotes) The good were worthy of note because they battled and that battle was a great story, whereas the evil were evil because of moral laziness, or weakness, and that was ultimately a dull and uninteresting affair (Story Quotes) Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up (Story Quotes) Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous (Story Quotes) Admittedly, key archival documentation remains under lock and key and will be inaccessible for a long time to come. But enough material is available, in the form of declassified documents, memoirs, oral histories and journalistic treatments, to begin to piece together the story (Story Quotes) If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen (Story Quotes) I begin by writing paragraphs that don’t have an immediate relation to a plot. The sound of the story comes first (Story Quotes) One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted her to tell her that they once had something just like that happen to them. Subtly her pain became a story about themselves. Eventually she stopped talking to most people. It was just too lonely. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care. Many people with cancer talk about the relief of having someone just listen (Story Quotes) I write because to write a new sentence, let alone a new poem, is to cross the threshold into both a larger existence and a profound mystery. A thought was not there, then it is. An image, a story, an idea about what it is to be human, did not exist, then it does. With every new poem, an emotion new to the heart, to the world, speaks itself into being (Story Quotes) Without devotion any life becomes a stranger’s story... told for the body to forget what it once loved (Story Quotes) The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance (Story Quotes) I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing (Story Quotes) The study of an idea is, of necessity, the story of many things. Ideas, like large rivers, never have just one source. Just as the water of a river near its mouth, in its final form, is composed largely of many tributaries, so an idea, in its final form, is composed largely of later additions (Story Quotes) Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story (Story Quotes) So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep (Story Quotes) Every once in a while, there comes a story. A story that blows your mind. One where you know you’ve made a difference. That’s what makes it all worthwhile. That and the anticipation. It’s addictive, because you never know when it will happen, but when it does, nothing in the world is as important (Story Quotes) There’s no right way to tell all stories, only the right way to tell a particular story (Story Quotes) I’m just a storyteller, and the cinema happens to be my medium. I like it because it recreates life in movement, enlarges it, enhances it, distills it. For me, it’s far closer to the miraculous creation of life than, say, a painting or music or even literature. It’s not just an art form; it’s actually a new form of life, with its own rhythms, cadences, perspectives and transparencies. It’s my way of telling a story (Story Quotes)

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