- Nov 07, 2020
Story Quotes
Every story is worth telling well.
One line here is about recognizing a story too rarely told, another about a lasting preference for tales of the underdog and survival. For similar reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing is that my father's story helps to communicate what was at stake with my mother, and my mother and father had so much a partnership that his story is integral to her story, as her story is to his - really, her story can't be told without his story.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a story saying I didn't like contemporary comedians, but it's completely untrue - a lot of them are very dear friends of mine.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
When 'The Washington Post' ran the first national story about FBI profiling in 1984, no one outside of law enforcement recognized the term.
- Drafts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels, I spend a lot of time on the story's larger rhythms, such as sentence and paragraph length, placement of flashbacks and dialogue.
- Dialects
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories.
- Nov 07, 2020
Our pasts so many times determine the value of what is happening today. Everybody is midway in their story.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not at all sure dialogue is meant to advance the story; I know that sometimes it is the story.
- Collectively
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- Nov 07, 2020
With 'Noontide Toll', I wanted to cater to a single story but also collectively more than a single story.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time dimension began to fascinate me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our story is in two halves, as the band's career up to Freddie's death was 20 years, and 20 years later, our music is as popular as it was then. It's a sort of everlasting... income.
- Compromise
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- Nov 07, 2020
And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto the story.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
For every profanity, there's a story behind it. People should go beyond my cussing.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.
- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alright, alright, I admit it: my husband is the quiet, kind, accepting parent, and I'm the one who wants so much to be part of our two daughters' lives than I can't even let them finish a story without interrupting.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not against vodka - they just asked us. They put out some story about us entertaining international celebrities with vodka, which of course wasn't true.
- Through
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- Nov 07, 2020
Studios, to cut through the clutter, want recognisable titles. But that does not excuse you, as a writer, from having an original story.
- Good Story
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- Nov 07, 2020