An idea might spark an essay, but never a story..

The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell ….

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker..

But he [Franklin Roosevelt] specifically prohibits any black participation from the Deep South, something which just infuriates people who'd been his….

I never called a balk in my life. I didn't understand the rule..

I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films; I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell. Hollywood's never really ….

When you tell a story and connect with somebody through an emotion that's why they like songs..

This is a passion story: my passion, his, ours — yours..

Child,' said the Lion, 'I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own..

But nearly every woman I know has a roughly similar story - in fact, dozens of them: stories about being obsessed with a celebrity, work colleague or….

I outlived the bastards..

Nothing is put on pause. Everything is still happening. And then as far as just reflecting on what got you to where you are, there aren't very many t….

That's the strange thing about a good story. No pleasure if you can't share it..

I don't take things off. I either check things off or I add things..

As an actor - and I say actor, but actress or actor, whatever - I've had to learn to be very open about what I want. I ask for it, even if I may not ….

In The Jack Daniels Sessions, folktales and modern landscapes collide, exploding and reforming in the form of an intriguing and intelligent collectio….

For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you're telling a story worth telling, it's worth inve….

In those days I learned that nothing is more frightening than a hero who lives to tell his story, to tell what all those who fell at his side will ne….

Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel narrative was the story of….

Discover what you are..

One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death..