Explore Quotes on Stories

Of all the love stories ever published, I have - realistically - read very few.

War stories deal in death. War illuminates love, while love is the greatest expression of hope, without which any story rings untrue to life. And to deny hope in a story about such darkness is to create false art.

God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions.

Love stories seek to demonstrate the great truth of love: that we discover eternity in a moment that dies immediately after.

I don't look for good-news stories or bad-news stories.

You know it's Oscar season when you see a slew of new movies based on true stories whose resolutions you can find in three seconds on Wikipedia.

I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense.

So much Western storytelling comes from Scandinavia. I've read that in the past, storytellers would travel to Iceland and exchange stories. It's kind of the birthplace of great storytelling.

I grew up among heroes who went down the pit, who played rugby, told stories, sang songs of war.

I can't point my finger on a 'dream role,' but the days that I'm able to fulfill the stories of the 'hood/barrio on film, those will be great days.

Being an artist, being an actor, it's about telling stories that could heal, that could open up discussion that could make the community better.

I always write stories, and I write poems, too. I just never sell them to anybody, but I write them. They're good, too. They never leave the house. They're too disclosing.

I love how 'Game of Thrones' has resonated with so many people around the world. I feel like it has really tapped into our need to hear stories about the human condition, love, death, good, evil... For me, it really is a modern version of the old Greek theatre or cave men sitting around fires telling stories.

I have always believed that more stories of women in leadership roles need to be told and I am glad I could be a part of one such story.

Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.

This #MeToo world, it's not new. None of us believe it's new. It's exciting that we find ourselves with a hashtag and a movement, but in general, none of these stories are new; it's just there's an audience now, and everybody's interested in trying to be responsible about this.

I love the opportunity to tell stories that people should know. I think it puts what we do as actors on the level of nurses and doctors. It takes us out of this idea of entertainment into an act of service.

When you get to live your dream, with singing and dancing and acting and playing these wonderful stories, you really have already won, and you always have to remember that.

I like 'Vampire Diaries' because it has great stories.

I prefer to tell stories. If it's funny, then I want to do it on stage.

How many times can you put together 26 different stories without running out?