#story

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #story




I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that this would be something tangible to separate me from the nameless, numbered masses.


R. A. Salvatore


#had #hopes #i #intended #masses

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.


Anthony Sampson


#apt #britain #conversation #extension #history

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. Maybe I'm drawn to it as a story element.


Gus Van Sant


#death #dramatic #drawn #element #even

I think over the course of 14 films, I'm returning to a place that I know to tell a story... the same way Spielberg returned to fantasy, Lucas returned to the 'Star Wars' saga, or John Ford returned to the western.


Gus Van Sant


#fantasy #films #ford #i #i think

We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States.


Susan Sarandon


#before #chance #gets #getting #history

Students of American history will recall that the important place where work gets done in the legislative body, almost without exception, is in the committees, more so than on the floor although sometimes more attention is paid to the floor.


Paul Sarbanes


#although #american #american history #attention #body

The artist's job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery in it, and sort of midwife that mystery into the story in such a way that it isn't damaged in the process, and may even get heightened or refined.


George Saunders


#conduit #damaged #even #get #heightened

When you read a short story, you come out a little more aware and a little more in love with the world around you. What I want is to have the reader come out just 6 percent more awake to the world.


George Saunders


#awake #aware #come #i #just

Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that.


John Sayles


#come #editors #ever #finally #good

We don't hold anything back. We go for broke, and if we have a good idea for a story line, we just use it because you never know and because the dynamics of the show are going to change.


Josh Schwartz


#back #because #broke #change #dynamics