I worked in script development, many years ago, and read a lot of scripts. Between that and the scripts I've read as an actor, and I'm a writer as we….

The vampire was real. It was only that his true story had never been told..

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do..

Stories end in reverie, tragedy, or forgiveness..

I'm happy to have a physical part in 'High Tension,' in 'Hereafter,' and in a lot of French movies and Belgian movies. But its not by chance director….

Fiction is about feeling, which is to say that short stories are about all of us..

A synopsis of every story we do: someone gets over their own stupid ass..

For me, what makes great actors, always is how truthful they are to the character and the story and the emotion that they're trying to tell..

I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music, it's more like….

Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you..

There's no longevity in me telling old stories on the radio..

I felt like the universe was tapping me on the shoulder saying, "You're the guy who has to tell this story because nobody else is.".

I think of the author as somebody who goes into the marketplace and puts down his rug and says, 'I will tell you a story' and then he passes the hat..

I'm in the storytelling business, and so you're always drawn to the unusual. And early on, I discovered that's the easiest way to tell stories... If ….

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?.

Lore is my favorite kind of story. Because it's not only historical, it's a lie everyone knows is a lie but tells anyway. I love that. Of course ever….

I'm never happy with anything..

Everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden..

I get criticized for anything I do..

You can't reach your potential without haters..

Whether or not this story has a happy ending depends, of course, on who is reading it. Whether you are a wolf or a girl..