I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue..

I think any good singer needs to be a good actor. You have to be able to tell the story..

I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard..

My function as a writer is not story-telling but truth-telling: to make things plain..

When we let ourselves respond to poetry, to music, to pictures, we are clearing a space where new stories can root, in effect we are clearing a space….

It was very difficult to go farther than that in the arguments with my father because he would always have a story or a justification to tell you, wh….

One of the ways in which writers most show their inventiveness is in the things they tell us about how they write. Generally speaking, I don't like t….

Life is a chance, a story is a chance. That I am here is a chance..

Fear isn’t only a guide to keep us safe; it’s also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life … the great stories go to those….

Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing..

If you don't like someone's story, write your own. If you don't like what somebody says, say what it is you don't like..

My work is not about my life history. It's not about the story of my neurosis.

Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic school..

Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling..

I don't know the politics of Hollywood. Am I hungry for great material? Every actor is. How I can get to it, that's another story..

Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people Ive ever encountered in my life; one of the most amazing stories I have ever been in any kind of….

Documentarian Laura Poitras has crafted a first-rate Hitchcockian-type thriller telling the story of Edward Snowden..

This was my first novel [The Dissemblers ]. I've never seriously written short stories, and actually find short stories much more intimidating as an ….

This story is not and never was meant to challenge anyone's faith; however, if one's faith can be shaken by stories in a humorous novel, one may have….

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and th….

I just want my stories to be mine..