Famous Quotes & Sayings

Donald Miller

Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different.

Colleen Atwood

Every project starts with a story.

Deepak Chopra

Become the director, producer, choreographer of your own story

Deepak Chopra

Separate the story - your story - from facts.

Andy Stanley

Money comes, money goes. But your story stays with you the rest of your life.

Andrew Scott

If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid.

Ann Patchett

You are always someones favorite unfolding story

Angela Bettis

Im not really devoted or specified towards any specific genre at all. I really like it all. Theres good storytelling in all the genres, you know. I just want to tell good stories and do good work.

Ang Lee

I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.

Anne Fortier

Everything we say is a story. But nothing we say is just a story.

Chuck Palahniuk

You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.

Chuck Palahniuk

Who you are moment to moment is just a story.

Chuck Palahniuk

Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.

Chuck Palahniuk

Because everything up to now is a story and everything after now is a story.

Christopher Paolini

Eragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarí... and without meaning to, he drew from their stories of energy. And with that energy he cast a spell. It was a spell without words... His was a spell of instinct and emotion; language could not contain it.

Christopher Meloni

You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.

Angelina Jolie

Happy endings are just stories that haven't finished yet.

Andrew Clements

I have my own story, and I love my story, but I know I can't tell it alone, not now. Because stories have centers, but they don't have edges. No boundaries.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.

Doris Lessing

A story is how we construct our experiences.

Donald Kagan

History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story.

Craig Thompson

You're more than a story.

Daniel Quinn

No story is devoid of meaning ... If you know how to look for it.

Daniel Quinn

We are all captives of a story.

Dan Glickman

The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.

Dan Jenkins

In a story, you have to have a theme and an angle, you have to have a beginning, middle and an end. You have to have a defining moment and kick it to death. You gotta be able to recognize that, by the way. It probably takes experience.

Clint Eastwood

When I see a story, I ask: is this something I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to tell it?

Clint Eastwood

Every story has its demands.

Amy Bloom

For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise.

Annette Bening

We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

Annette Funicello

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film

Anne Rice

Don't let the old story repeat itself now. Arm yourself with all that's happened.

Andrew Stanton

The best stories infuse wonder,