#tories

One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an "old" young writer. Beyond that is the changing landscape of the universe and the stories I choose to tell. ↗

— Raymond E. Feist

#beyond #changing #choose #else #get

Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. ↗

— Daryn Kagan

#arise #bad #disasters #disease #doing

Never, ever deal with terrorists. Hunt them down and, more important, mercilessly punish those states and groups that fund, arm, support, or simply allow their territories to be used by the terrorists with impunity. ↗

— Meir Kahane

#arm #deal #down #ever #fund

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, emotional stories through the steps that you are performing. ↗

— Karen Kain

#body #deep #emotional #instincts #just

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#acknowledge #amazing #embarrassed #great #great nation

The funniest racism is the racism between minorities. It's something you don't see dramatized, but almost every minority I know who's my age, they have these funny stories about their parents stereotyping other minorities. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#age #almost #between #every #funniest

Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first time of reading. ↗

— Arthur Christiansen

#cannot #first #first time #flow #good

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#detective stories #fiction #politicians #read #science

You want a story? Read 'Gone With the Wind'. These aren't stories. They're joke books. The whole thing of a beginning, a middle and an end has been done to death. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#beginning #books #death #done #end

I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. I want to stir the pulse, yes, but also to stir the heart. I hope 'The Woods' does that. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#all night #also #am #attention #awake