- Colonization
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- 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
Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and I began to scratch my first story on the inside of my mother's womb.' I started later, in my early twenties.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters.
- Iceland
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.
- Miss
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Miss Catherine Middleton we have the faintest, intoxicating glimmer of a New Age Cinderella story.
- Brand
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rag & bone images always reflect the authenticity of the brand. Their images have character and tell a story.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
With 'The Sixth Sense,' my dad and I discussed how this was not so much a horror story as a story about communication. I understudied with my dad, in a sense. It made a huge difference.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would not be amiss for the novice to write the last paragraph of his story first, once a synopsis of the plot has been carefully prepared - as it always should be.
- Perfection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certain of Poe's tales possess an almost absolute perfection of artistic form which makes them veritable beacon-lights in the province of the short story.
- Chemistry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone coming out as gay shouldn't be newsworthy; it shouldn't be warranting a magazine cover or anything like that, which I had as my story for coming out.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's so unbelievable that in 2017, almost every single woman has a story about sexual harassment.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020