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"Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation."
"Tom Cruise's attorney said he is going to sue anyone who claims he is gay. In a related story, Ricky Martin's attorney has been hospitalized for exhaustion."
"So now it is time to disassemble the parts of the jigsaw puzzle or to piece another one together, for I find that, having come to the end of my story, my life is just beginning."
"I became a cook so I could cook and tell stories in wacky ways."
"It is easier to tell a story of how people wound one another than of what binds them together."
"A good story can take you on a fantastic journey."
"I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely."
"Like all stories of creators who bring life from the dead, his story began with a struggling butcher, who chased a gray cat, caught it, took off its studded collar, and slit its throat."
"History, call it 15,000 or 25,000 years of duration, is the story of an animal, some kind of complex animal, becoming conscious."
"God has a story to tell about you. A major part of it is you telling yours."
"Basically ... out of all the ridiculous religion stories which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous—the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah ... there's this big giant universe and it's expanding, it's all gonna collapse on itself and we're all just here just 'cause ... just 'cause'. That, to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever."
"That’s why love stories don’t have endings! They don’t have endings because love doesn’t end."
"When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually."
"Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story"
"But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this."
"Stories are like relics, part of an undiscovered preexisting world. The writer's job is to use the tools in his or her toolbox to get as much of each one out of the ground intact as possible."
"You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!"
"if i can only recount the story of my life right out of my body flames will grow"
"Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself."
"What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way."
