A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into..

Finish your stories! Read a lot!.

Know that there is so much more to you than your body. It's not just about perfecting the steps; you must trust your instincts to tell deep, emotiona….

My level of intervention in the press, trying to control stories, is zero. Subzero..

Once upon a time, began the story of you.Many perilous, wonderful, harrowing, brilliant, delightful, profound things happened.And yet—the most exciti….

The facts didn't matter. Their stories mattered, and each of their stories belonged to each of them alone..

My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind..

It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory..

I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it's an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew….

Ive always loved the power of stories to transport me to another world, to imagine extraordinary possibilities, to experience things I may not have a….

Terry was beside himself. Not literally. This story would be that much more painful if there were two Terrys, able to stand next to each other and si….

The rule I have when choosing films is the excitement factor, I need to feel excited about the story and whatever message the film has - only then do….

We usually break the story first. For instance, on The Monuments Men, and this one is more complicated because there's a lot of history, so before we….

I don't want my novel to be like Madame Bovary, finely crafted with the life edited out of it. I want my novel to be like a friend telling me a story….

I prefer short stories, but publishers would, of course, rather that writers produce novels, since novels are still more commercially viable..

I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story and that type of story. As I watch movies I m….

It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect..

Braxton Cosby's stories feel personal and well thought-out. I'm happy to welcome this entertaining writer to the YA science fiction field. I look for….

Basically for me a story can be anything. Anything you tell me, anything I read in the newspaper, in any mode. I don't have any restrictions..

I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens..

A good story feels both surprising and inevitable, fresh and familiar..