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And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they’re going to go and see the story you’re in Picture Quote #1

And were an epitaph to be my story I’d have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover’s quarrel with the world Picture Quote #1

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story Picture Quote #1

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what’s happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story Picture Quote #1

I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know there’s a story there Picture Quote #1

If a man’s fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes that’s a year, sometimes it’s 18 months, where all I’m doing is taking notes. I’m reconstructing the story from the back to the front so that I know where the front is Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don’t want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it Picture Quote #1

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience’s ear a chance to understand what’s going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra Picture Quote #1

If you’re dealing with a musical in which you’re trying to tell a story, it’s got to sound like speech. At the same time it’s got to be a song Picture Quote #1

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story Picture Quote #1

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning Picture Quote #1

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Writing is an extreme privilege but it’s also a gift. It’s a gift to yourself and it’s a gift of giving a story to someone Picture Quote #1

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author’s private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! Picture Quote #1

Of course it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story Picture Quote #1

If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them? Picture Quote #1

I don’t distinguish between magic and art. When I got into magic, I realised I had been doing it all along, ever since I wrote my first pathetic story or poem when I was twelve or whatever. This has all been my magic, my way of dealing with it Picture Quote #1

Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared Picture Quote #1

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It’s annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you’re not sure which half they know Picture Quote #1

The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength to go on Picture Quote #1

Quantum fiction is any story that witnesses life and the human experience on a subatomic level Picture Quote #1

Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you’re writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if not, the reader’s imagination will reject it Picture Quote #1

The perfect detective story cannot be written. The type of mind which can evolve the perfect problem is not the type of mind that can produce the artistic job of writing Picture Quote #1

The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it Picture Quote #1

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In my perception, the world wasn’t a graph or formula or an equation. It was a story Picture Quote #1

Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it Picture Quote #1

In the writing process, the more the story cooks, the better. The brain works for you even when you are at rest. I find dreams particularly useful. I myself think a great deal before I go to sleep and the details sometimes unfold in the dream Picture Quote #1

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short Picture Quote #1

It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation Picture Quote #1

People lie because they don’t remember clear what they saw. People lie because they can’t help making a story better than it was the way it happened Picture Quote #1

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And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they’re going to go and see the story you’re in (Story Quotes) And were an epitaph to be my story I’d have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover’s quarrel with the world (Story Quotes) Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story (Story Quotes) Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what’s happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story (Story Quotes) I knew there was a story; once you find a dog with a fork through it, you know there’s a story there (Story Quotes) If a man’s fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him (Story Quotes) Sometimes that’s a year, sometimes it’s 18 months, where all I’m doing is taking notes. I’m reconstructing the story from the back to the front so that I know where the front is (Story Quotes) Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don’t want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it (Story Quotes) I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience’s ear a chance to understand what’s going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra (Story Quotes) If you’re dealing with a musical in which you’re trying to tell a story, it’s got to sound like speech. At the same time it’s got to be a song (Story Quotes) All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story (Story Quotes) People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning (Story Quotes) Writing is an extreme privilege but it’s also a gift. It’s a gift to yourself and it’s a gift of giving a story to someone (Story Quotes) If a secret history of books could be written, and the author’s private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! (Story Quotes) Of course it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story (Story Quotes) If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them? (Story Quotes) I don’t distinguish between magic and art. When I got into magic, I realised I had been doing it all along, ever since I wrote my first pathetic story or poem when I was twelve or whatever. This has all been my magic, my way of dealing with it (Story Quotes) Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared (Story Quotes) It’s annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you’re not sure which half they know (Story Quotes) The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the courage to end or the strength to go on (Story Quotes) Quantum fiction is any story that witnesses life and the human experience on a subatomic level (Story Quotes) Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you’re writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if not, the reader’s imagination will reject it (Story Quotes) The perfect detective story cannot be written. The type of mind which can evolve the perfect problem is not the type of mind that can produce the artistic job of writing (Story Quotes) The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it (Story Quotes) In my perception, the world wasn’t a graph or formula or an equation. It was a story (Story Quotes) Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it (Story Quotes) In the writing process, the more the story cooks, the better. The brain works for you even when you are at rest. I find dreams particularly useful. I myself think a great deal before I go to sleep and the details sometimes unfold in the dream (Story Quotes) Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short (Story Quotes) It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation (Story Quotes) People lie because they don’t remember clear what they saw. People lie because they can’t help making a story better than it was the way it happened (Story Quotes)

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