Stories Quotes
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I never started writing because I wanted to write myself stuff. It was really more that I had these stories to tell, and I wanted to work with people that I respected and liked.
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At the time, sword and sorcery stories were quite popular. There were female warriors waving swords around as well, but the genre is populated entirely with people who have absolutely no responsibility to anyone, so I knew my story would have to be completely different from any of these.
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Stories are how we learn best. We absorb numbers and facts and details, but we keep them all glued into our heads with stories.
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I had a story-telling mother; she's written novels and short stories. So I feel like maybe I'm staying alive by telling tales.
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I'm uninterested in superheroes. I am only interested in real stories, real people, real connection.
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There were so many stories around, it was almost inevitable some of them would turn out to be true.
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I don't want to think that the stories are finite; I want to feel that they can go on forever.
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I would love more stories with strong characters of color who don't always fit the mold that Hollywood has created in the past.
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The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.
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If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's 'China Beach,' 'The West Wing,' or 'E.R.
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Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots, if you succeed breathe life into the story
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How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can replace the narratives that hold us back by inventing wiser stories, free from childish fears, and, in doing so, disperse long-held psychological stumbling blocks.
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My own words, when I am at work on a story, I hear too as they go, in the same voice that I hear when I read in books. When I write and the sound of it comes back to my ears, then I act to make changes. I have always trusted this voice.
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Fresh content doesn't exist to game the SEO system. It's the words, images, and stories that truly engage us, make us want to share with others, and creates a bond between us and a brand.
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I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and stories of fascinating people.
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It is the wine that leads me on, the wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing at the top of his lungs, laugh like a fool – it drives the man to dancing... it even tempts him to blurt out stories better never told.
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Activist: not as much acting as it is reacting- which is my story
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I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.
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Why do you write?' Because I love words and stories so much. Because I would be grief stricken every day of my life if I couldn't write. Because I'm obsessed and compelled. Because I'd be utterly useless at anything else.
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People express is clearly the archetypical deregulation success story and the most spectacular of my babies. It is the case that makes me the proudest.
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So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories without making them both sad and funny.
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I've always loved stories of animals and birds that can appear to be human, just by taking off their skins or their feathers.
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When Stories nestle in the body, soul comes forth.
