Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author..

In my films quite often, paranoia usually leads to the truth so it is kind of a psychological state of mind to think that what you fear may come true….

Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently..

At the core of investigative journalism is exactly the same thing that drives a page-turning thriller: telling a great story..

Tell the truth and read story books;it will take you to the magical moment in a glory night..

I didn't want to be pigeonholed as an artist. I wanted to be able to have other stories to tell..

I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same vein. It's all about connecting a….

The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!.

You hear this story that we're all on the left, but when there's a demonstration, you count how many actors actually come out. If there's a half doze….

On TV, stories and events are finalized in 30 or 60 minutes, or neatly tied up after a season or two. The best stories are the ones that force us to ….

When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it..

If I can tell my story, and help anybody else in the interim, then that's icing on the cake..

Withholding things in a story is no good if you aren't building to something substantial. It becomes foreplay without the main event, and no one want….

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?.

That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie that I directed. I was looking for a vessel to tell a certain kind of s….

I write a story in my head. I see the story like a movie..

Every fictional thing I wrote gave me strength to write another and another. By the end I wasn't remaining true to anything but the story I wanted to….

Education truly can change a person’s story, it gave me everything. Whatever happens, get an #‎ education ..

Great stories happen all around you every day. At the time they’re happening, you don’t think of them as stories. You probably don’t think about them….

Every person you meet has a lesson to teach, a story to tell and a dream to share..

Before college, I acted in my room, to classical music, because music tells stories. I'd put on a record and proceed, silently. I'd keep putting the ….