Stories Quotes
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Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.
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Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts
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I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely.
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we become the stories we tell ourselves
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Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and a small subplot that feeds in a twist or an unexpected piece of business that ads crunch and flavor to the story as a whole.
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Those who tell the stories rule society.
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I'm happy to be part of this chorus of people who are trying to tell more complex stories about Haiti.
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This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature.
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There are happy stories out there, but I think some of them may raise false expectations for teens.
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Politicians used to have the confidence to tell us stories that made sense of the chaos of world events. But now there are no big stories, and politicians react randomly to every new crisis - leaving us bewildered and disorientated.
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This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.
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Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.
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Great stories move through fear.
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Some of the best things that have happened in my stories have happened seemingly of their own accord. The writer becomes a listener, just writing things down as they come.
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I'm pretty hardcore. I stick exactly to what I'm doing. So I write a novel in one period, and then I'll write stories in another period. I only work on one thing at once, because I'm afraid that I wouldn't finish what I'd started.
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I don't like stories where I'm being given pages and pages of detail.
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I'm not great at bedtime stories. Bedtime stories are supposed to put the kid to sleep. My kid gets riled up and then my wife has to come in and go, 'All right! Get out of the room.'
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I like the stories with the historical themes.
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I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing.
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Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.
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The stories that I want to tell are completely, well somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems.
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When I see a shipwreck, I like to know what caused the disaster...I learned nothing but the glow that wrapped her face when the soup came. That's the story.
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A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
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I've never really found inspiration for story ideas in the news, but I'd say it certainly affects our lives in so many ways. I would say that certainly the stories of the day appear in the work - I just have never gone so far as to say, well, this particular event could influence a plot of an entire book.
