A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture.
While he sweated out a story she bled put a poem. (Dark City Lights)
(pl. ) of Story
Anytime I was denying my inner self, I knew absolutely nothing.
A closed book will lie there like a dead horse. But an open book will kick, buck, and bolt through perceived adventures like a wild and free stallion. So hold on.
Be what the world needs.
You can't love someone without imaginative sympathy, without beginning to see the world from another point of view. You can't be a good lover, a good artist or a good politician without this capacity...
The best endings resonate because they echo a word, phrase, or image from earlier in the story, and the reader is prompted to think back to that reference and speculate on a deeper meaning.
One of Scotland's most important cultural exports - stories.
Love is a dance.
Your life should reflect your heart.
Intuition is truth.
A story could lead you into a different world for a while. It might be a world where a foolish youngest son could turn into a brave and clever hero, or a beaten young woman could end up as a wise lead...
You know how it feels to think you've ruined everything. You're hoping if my story has a happy ending there's hope for yours too...
Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.
Even if you're in the thick of revising another work, write something new. Something small. It's important to keep telling yourself stories.
Stories change the world.
I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.
What’s missing from the literature of our species are the stories of the peasants. The filthy illiterate. Those with no firm address, no surname. No one to impress, nothing to lose. But the poor tell...
I was imprisoned, and no-one freed me.I cried for help, and no-one freed me.Eventually, I shook off my chains and I returned.They said, 'Why do you no longer love us?'I said, 'I realized that you have...
Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table.