Quotes about Your Story

May be I am villain in your story, but I am hero in mine. Votes: 4

The biggest thing is to let your voice be heard, let your story be heard. Votes: 4

If you're going to tell stories about life, you have to include a woman in your story. Votes: 4

I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story. Votes: 4

Live your life fom your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls. Votes: 4

There are definitely some stories worth telling and I think there's something to be said for telling your story. Votes: 4

We're special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, come true here. That's not just my story. That's your story. That's our story. Votes: 4

Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if you can't deliver the emotions to your script there's no point to your story. Story is the key. Votes: 4

Plot is what happens in your story. Every story needs structure, just as every body needs a skeleton. It is how you 'flesh out and clothe' your structure that makes each story unique. Votes: 4

Change your story, change your power. Votes: 3

Share your story with healing hearers. Votes: 3

So yo then man what's your story? Votes: 3

Who would you be without your story? Votes: 3

Tell your story with your whole heart. Votes: 3

Don't sell your story, just tell your story. Votes: 3

You are the effect of your story, that's all. Votes: 3

Separate the story - your story - from facts. Votes: 3

Social Media begins with a story - your story. Votes: 3

Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. Votes: 3

How many pages will it take to tell your story? Votes: 3

Free yourself from the inauthenticity and disempowerment of your story. Votes: 3

It's important to tell your story. It's important to listen. Votes: 3

First drafts are for learning what your story is about. Votes: 3

The world needs your story in order to be complete. Votes: 3

Don't ever let anyone else write your story for you. Votes: 3

Whatever your story, the world does not need to mould you. Votes: 3

There is only one type of story in the world-your story. Votes: 3

You can use your story, or your story can use you. Votes: 3

If it's not your story to tell, you don't tell it. Votes: 3

One of the ways to reincarnate is to tell your story. Votes: 3

Tell me your story and I will get back your life. Votes: 3

Change your story, change your life. Basically, that's what it is. Votes: 3

No matter what you do, your job is to tell your story. Votes: 3

The story of your life is not your life; it's your story. Votes: 3

The whole point of music is being able to share your story. Votes: 3

Nobody can tell your story the way you can tell your story. Votes: 3

What's the matter princess? Do you know the end of your story? Votes: 3

Share with people who have earned the right to hear your story. Votes: 3

You don't realize your story is changing you until you look back. Votes: 3

I've always believed that clothing is a great way to tell your story. Votes: 3

Don't write about a character. Become that character, and then write your story. Votes: 3

Call on literary convention, and it will gladly tell your story for you. Votes: 3

You have to live your story before being able to write your story. Votes: 3

You can make it your excuse, or you can make it your story. Votes: 3

If you walk across my camera I will flash the world your story. Votes: 3

And remember, it's always her fault. That's your story and you're sticking to it. Votes: 3

When you create something that connects, your story will travel faster than ever before. Votes: 3

Your power is in your story and all the wisdom it has brought you. Votes: 3

You can tell your story any way you damn well please.Its your solo. Votes: 3

Tell your story to inspired other people to rise up and live their dreams. Votes: 3

Sing your song Dance your dance Tell your story I will Listen and remember Votes: 3

How well you tell your story determines how well your customers tell your story. Votes: 3

Tell your story. That's the secret of immortality. The one true way to live forever. Votes: 3

Focus on sharing your story and affecting the people that are hungry for your light. Votes: 3

As a writer you can and should expect to hear conflicting responses to your story. Votes: 3

Tell your story because your story will heal you and it will heal someone else. Votes: 3

Money comes, money goes. But your story stays with you the rest of your life. Votes: 3

Let go of your story so the Universe can write a new one for you. Votes: 3

Never be afraid to share your story. No one can tell it like you can. Votes: 3

By coming forward and sharing your story, you don't know the countless lives you change. Votes: 3

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story. Votes: 3

Who lives inside your head? The hero of your story OR The victim of someone else's? Votes: 3

Once you know you are worthy and your story is worthy, you fight for other stories. Votes: 3

Every life has a purpose. Share your story and you may help someone find their own. Votes: 3

Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story. Votes: 3

If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly. Votes: 3

The most effective medium is yourself and the power you communicate by your intention and your story. Votes: 3

Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them. Votes: 3

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary. Votes: 3

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing. Votes: 3

When you are telling your story, hold your own ink pen. Don't let anybody else tell your story. Votes: 3

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it. Votes: 3

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either. Votes: 3

The dream is you never giving up on your story because no one else can play your part. Votes: 3

I believe in the dull lie - make your story boring enough and no one will question it. Votes: 3

For impact, tell your true story -challenges, victory, all. Build hope by helping others find themselves by your story. Votes: 3

In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists. Votes: 3

If your life were a book, and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? Votes: 3

A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into. Votes: 3

I wanted you to thank you for being my friend and letting me play a part in your story. Votes: 3

It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going. Votes: 3

What monster sleeps in the deep of your story? You need a monster. Without a monster there is no story. Votes: 3

What monster sleeps in the deep of your story? You need a monster. Without a monster there is no story. Votes: 3

Who brings out the champion in you?Those that help you be the hero of your story, keep them close. Votes: 3

You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness. Votes: 3

You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness. Votes: 3

How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now? Votes: 3

Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it. Votes: 3

Setting is the bedrock of your story. If you choose a real-world backdrop, be certain you get your facts straight. Votes: 3

The power of your story may not lie in its drama, but in its absolutely perfect relationship to your cause. Votes: 3

Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential. Votes: 3

Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting your story straight. Votes: 3

Change your story, change your life. Divorce the story of limitation, and marry the story of the truth and everything changes. Votes: 3

What more can life hold, than to know that because of your story, somebody out there has decided to read again! Votes: 3

You are not your story. They are not your story about them. The world is not your story about the world. Votes: 3

We have a rule in our franchise that there is no canon. You as a player decide what your story is. Votes: 3

If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative. Votes: 3

For me, performing is the biggest part of being a rapper. There's nothing like the feeling of screaming your story to people. Votes: 3

The same way that you are the main character of your story, you are only a secondary character in everybody else's story. Votes: 3

Share your story with someone. You never know how one sentence of your life story could inspire someone to rewrite their own. Votes: 3

Sometimes God redeems your story by surrounding you with people who need to hear your past so it doesn't become their future. Votes: 3

Never oversimplify yourself by using a single word or category to describe who you are. Take the time to tell your story. Votes: 3

The same way that you are the main character of your story, you are only a secondary character in everybody else's story. Votes: 3

Perhaps you're not finished with your story, and who knows if you'll ever finish it or not. Honestly, it's not that important. Votes: 3

It is a weak thing to tell half your story, and then ask your friend's advice-a still weaker thing to take it. Votes: 3

Child,' said the Lion, 'I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own. Votes: 3

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song. Votes: 3

If somebody says your story is only published because you look nice in the photo, that maybe spurs you on to write. Votes: 3

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling. Votes: 3

I think the main thing over time is that you gain confidence and are able to tell your story better and stronger. Votes: 3

You can be the world's greatest hero or its most mild-mannered citizen, but the only person who can write your story...is you. Votes: 3

Find advocates! Having advocates and people who will tell your story for you will only help you get noticed faster by more people. Votes: 3

Our thoughts affect our agreement with reality, our story we tell ourselves. IF you want to change your story, start with your thoughts. Votes: 3

Some people are going to leave, but that's not the end of your story. That's the end of their part in your story. Votes: 3

Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic school. Votes: 3

Songs hold different memories for different people and the great ones are the ones that become a part of you and your story. Votes: 3

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story! Votes: 3

The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later. Votes: 3

When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. Votes: 3

If you say you're worthy, you are. If you say you're not worthy, you're not. Either way you will live into your story. Votes: 3

Your future is ahead of you. Imagine the notion of the past fifteen years of your life being a blip in your story. Votes: 3

Don't allow people to define you based on reading the abstract of your story without even reading chapter 1. Continue to write the remaining chapters. Votes: 3

Bad things can happen, and often do--but they only take up a few pages of your story; and anyone can survive a few pages. Votes: 3

How sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten. Votes: 3

Don't worry about meaning. If a story's any good, it can't help but have meaning. Let the PhDs tell you what your story means. Votes: 3

Your fear remains strong. You are not ready to face your story, preferring instead to surround yourself with knots. Someday, they will strangle you." Votes: 3

You have to be in love with your story ... It's the love of the light; the time of day; of watching the moment unravel. Votes: 3

Your fear remains strong. You are not ready to face your story, preferring instead to surround yourself with knots. Someday, they will strangle you. Votes: 3

Whatever they may say, your story is truly your own. You have a responsibility to it, the way a father has to a child Votes: 3

When you are in the present moment, you break the continuity of your story, of past and future. Then true intelligence arises, and also love. Votes: 3

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film. Votes: 3

There's something about the authenticity rather than the autobiography that makes my story and my pain move across and become your story and your pain. Votes: 3

The greatest story every(any)one can tell is the story of their life. Just don't let the climax of your story be unrealized dreams. Votes: 3

Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. Votes: 3

I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader. Votes: 3

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past. Votes: 3

I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not taken 100% serious. That's important. Votes: 3

You can't write a sory until you've felt. Breathe it in. Walked with your characters. Talked with them. That's why you come here. To live your story. Votes: 3

Discover everything about your characters that you can before you write your story. If you get stuck at any point, they will write your dialog for you. Votes: 3

I feel like there's no real innovation in having some music. It's more just unique personalities and unique expressions, and you being able to tell your story. Votes: 3

A marriage, willy-nilly, requires you to trust that your spouse will tell your story truthfully and lovingly when you are no longer around to tell it yourself. Votes: 3

A story is like something you wind out of yourself. Like a spider, it is a web you weave, and you love your story like a child. Votes: 3

If you end your story, it's a static work of art, a finite circle. But if you don't, it belongs to anyone's imagination. It stays alive forever. Votes: 3

Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you. Votes: 3

I don't want to tell your story because you're a insensitive, self-centered moron. I've told a lot of stories about young people, and I always feel there's hope. Votes: 3

Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains. Votes: 3

It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story. It's what people relate to. If you don't believe the characters, it doesn't work. Votes: 3

If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into something bigger - something that matters. Votes: 3

Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it's time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself. Votes: 3

Not only is your story your truth, your story is going to be the platform and the foundation for everything that's getting ready to happen in your life. Votes: 3

You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not, everything will stick out like elbows. Votes: 3

Your life is truly your life… it belongs to you. It is your story to write with love. Day by day, line by line, write it well Votes: 3

When the remedy you have offered only increases the disease, then leave him who will not be cured, and tell your story to someone who seeks the truth. Votes: 3

Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy. Votes: 3

When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and never reach the sea. Votes: 3

I really believe that we all have the ability to come out of our story. But you have to tell your story first in order to come out of it. Votes: 3

Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story "“ who you choose to be. Votes: 3

If you work on network TV, they want to pick your casts, dictate your story and how your show works. It just becomes creativity by committee, which is never good. Votes: 3

Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.-Soothsayer Votes: 3

It's about players making choices as they play, and then dealing with the consequences of those choices. It's about you telling your story, not me telling mine. It's about you. Votes: 3

If you set your story in Rome, Ireland or Sheboygan, for that matter, go there. If you're broke, set it in the town where you live, or where you grew up. Votes: 3

I think this takes a lot of courage and integrity to find your own voice and way to express not only your story, but the reality you are setting it within. Votes: 3

There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it's a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it's no judgment on your story and/or talent. Votes: 3

When writing fiction, you learn to only put things and characters in, that are going to progress your story. There is something to be learned about that approach in real life Votes: 3

When you encounter that first love, a young love, you do feel that your story is original. You are utterly convinced that your story has never been told before, because it hasn't. Votes: 3

I've come to realize that people connect more when they know you're telling them the truth or some aspect of your story, some mutated version of how you are experiencing this life. Votes: 3

The "difficult" female character can-and will-do the shocking, the unexpected and, as a consequence, will give your story an immediate jolt of energy. She is the character who doesn't fit the mold. Votes: 3

I love the grandiosity of Hollywood movies, and even in independents, I love the canvas you can tell your story on. I love fiction filmmaking, you really feel like you're creating something. Votes: 3

Remember that the writing itself is good for you. If your story is so close to home that you are afraid to write it, it probably means you need to write it. Votes: 3

Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter. Votes: 3

You can't make a fan of everyone. Stay true to your story, characters, music, art or whatever it is you do and fuck everyone else who doesn't like it. Life isn't perfect. Votes: 3

So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze. Votes: 3

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story. Votes: 3

We all have our own story. And we stay attached to our story. This can stop us from growing and living. You wanna make your life better? Change your story, change your life. Votes: 3

The Voice' is not just a singing competition. It really comes down to how you come off as a person and how you connect with America with your story, and being relatable to people. Votes: 3

Don't leave you to go find your point of view and your story. You are all you have been given . . . this is who you are, and from where you ought and need to write. Votes: 3

You just have to learn to get really good at choosing your moments and making sure that your story isn't overwhelmed by the effects, and that your emotional storyline is what's driving the train. Votes: 3

I think I've learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart - and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn't hurt either. Votes: 3

You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice. Votes: 3

You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear - and only one. This one visualization will clarify every word choice you make. Votes: 3

No one on earth is so boring and insignificant that he or she is not worth writing or reading about...One thing's for sure"”no one but you can be the hero of your story. Votes: 3

Like most writers, I sit in a room and scribble a story and you don't have a connection with the people who take your story, whether it be to the stage or to the screen. Votes: 3

Don't get hung up on the hard times, the challenges. Tell your story by highlighting the victories. Because it's your victories that will inspire, motivate, encourage other people to live their stories in grander ways. Votes: 3

It's one thing to not want an evil-sorcerer type villain in your story, but it's another thing to avoid having any sort of antagonist at all. A story without an antagonist gets weird pretty quick. Votes: 3

You are not yourself in autobiography. It is never going to be you, it is only words on a page. Memories are unreliable, so adding the magic of imagination will make your story come alive. Votes: 3

I think theatre to some extent is always about telling stories, isn't it, and I think what I've learned is that freedom comes when you tell your story; freedom comes when you tell the truth. Votes: 3

When you hire that first person, then you're a boss. You've got performance reviews. You've got complaints about not making enough money. You've got people who are just going to sell your story to the tabloids. Votes: 3

Do not lose hope "” what you seek will be found. Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn. Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. (from 'Instructions') Votes: 3

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity. Votes: 3

Once you're into a story everything seems to apply-what you overhear on a city bus is exactly what your character would say on the page you're writing. Wherever you go, you meet part of your story. Votes: 3

And the wind will whip your tousled hair, The sun, the rain, the sweet despair, Great tales of love and strife. And somewhere on your path to glory You will write your story of a life. Votes: 3

I've learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you'd talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story. Votes: 3

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. Votes: 3

In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard. Votes: 3

You run the risk, whenever you build your story around a central mystery, of either letting it go too long, or revealing it too soon and then taking the wind out of the sails of the narrative. Votes: 3

I drove in last night,' he said. 'I couldn't sleep, it was too hot. So I went outside. I was feeling melancholy. Then I danced with a beautiful girl, and I felt better. What's your story? Votes: 3

It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're going to get it. And whatever you get, that's you, so that's your story. Votes: 3

You never have to look over your shoulder when you tell the truth. You never have to remember the details, because they are what they are. And you don't have to make sure your story matches everyone else's. Votes: 3

I love books that give you space to climb inside there. And you have to run to keep up in places, and you have to fill in a lot of blanks yourself. So it almost becomes your story. Votes: 3

People have been telling me I'm a failure and that I'm doing it all wrong for 20 years now. Never trust anybody when they tell you how your story goes. You know your story. You write your own story. Votes: 3

When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over. Votes: 3

If you can relate to what the character's going through, the story can be as ridiculous as possible, and people will relate to it. You can be fearless in your storytelling if you're vigilant about protecting your characters. Votes: 3

When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over. Votes: 3

It's really important to visit a site you are writing about. Even if you know it well, even if you have lived there, it's important to take a fresh look in terms of your characters and your story. Votes: 3

As a writer, its important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should do your karma as an author the way you want to, and rest is up to God. Votes: 3

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story. Votes: 3

Choose your enemies carefully 'cause they will define you Make them interesting 'cause in some ways they will mind you They're not there in the beginning but when your story ends Gonna last with you longer than your friend Votes: 3

Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader's instantly. And know how you're going to end your story before you start writing. Without a sense of direction, you can get lost in the middle. Votes: 3

As a writer, it's important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should do your karma as an author the way you want to, and rest is up to God. Votes: 3

Stop judging others as if you havnt done the same mistakes that they did. Remember there are eyes that watch you but these eyes are not hypocrite enough like yours. Shame on u as we know your story too Votes: 3

The beating heart of your story... that's not what shows up in a trailer. The other stuff is what shows up in a trailer, because that's what gets people in to the seats, and that's how studios make their money. Votes: 3

When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom you're telling your story. If some segment of the audience doesn't like that story, it doesn't feel good. Votes: 3

Thinking that your story is so interesting that other people will want to listen to it or read it or pay to hear it, that's - what kind of person thinks that? A monster of self-regard. It's not normal thinking. Votes: 3

The beating heart of your story that's not what shows up in a trailer. The other stuff is what shows up in a trailer, because that's what gets people in to the seats, and that's how studios make their money. Votes: 3

Don't set pen to paper until you know your main characters inside out. Create files detailing their appearances, likes, dislikes, and personal background. You may not use all the information, but it is a crucial step in planning your story. Votes: 3

It's important that we share our experiences with other people. Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story Votes: 3

I have always had a hard time revising my work as a journalist, which was never much of a problem. You always have editors as backstops. Their job is to perfect your story. Most of them want to be useful. Votes: 3

Life is how you brew it. Wake up, you have a story to tell. Don't chase vain glory, your story will tell it. You owe it to yourself to write the lines of your story in the ink of purpose! Votes: 3

People don't give a damn about you and they don't give a damn about your story and they don't give a damn about your content. They only give a damn that you, your content, your story can bring value to them. Votes: 3

The trick is the paradox - turning your story inside out. Now if it is something that appears to be of total normality and then suddenly turns inside out and is a different thing all together then that's fun to write. Votes: 3

No matter who you are or what kind of company or organization you work for, your number-one job is to tell your story to the consumer wherever they are, and preferably at the moment they are deciding to make a purchase. Votes: 3

As soon as you start to question your own intent while you're still in the process of discovering your story, you're in trouble because you've pulled out of that unconscious space that is so necessary in the beginning of the drafting process. Votes: 3

As a writer you see the big picture and how you can tell as one character, how your storyline is going to meet up with all these other storylines. And as an actor you're thinking of all the minutiae, all the very small details. Votes: 3

Unless you can be in a place yourself and go through the subject of your story yourself, the next best thing is not to read a book about it, or see a movie about it, it's to talk to the people who've been there. Votes: 3

I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off. Votes: 3

I started as a playwright. Any sort of scriptwriting you do helps you hone your story. You have the same demands of creating a plot, developing relatable characters and keeping your audience invested in your story. My books are basically structured like three-act plays. Votes: 3

remember when God has answered you, it no longer matters who has been against you but for Him to answer you and change your story, you have to make up your mind to disobey the wrong order, change the status quo and BE DIFFERENT! Votes: 3

I'll go from world to world until I find a time and place where you can come awake in safety. And I'll tell your story to my people, so that perhaps in time the can forgive you, too. The way that you've forgiven me. Votes: 3

True success - financial, personal, and professional - lies above all in loving your family, working hard, and living your passion. In telling your story. In authenticity, hustle, and patience. In caring fiercely about the big and the small stuff. In valuing legacy over currency. Votes: 3

Short fiction is like low relief. And if your story has no humor in it, then you're trying to look at something in the pitch dark. With the light of humor, it throws what you're writing into relief so that you can actually see it. Votes: 3

Dad and I did not care at all for your story in The New Yorker " [I]t does seem, dear, that this gloomy kind of story is what all you young people think about these days. Why don't you write something to cheer people up? Votes: 3

When you are producing for ABC, you are producing for a big tent network. So when you are thinking about your story lines and characters, you are thinking about broad appeal. When you are producing for a niche interest, you are producing for a different audience. Votes: 3

Telling your story out loud is the way human beings communicate. We don't normally think up words, translate how to spell them and then move our fingers up and down over this randomly arranged set of keys to make the same letters appear on a screen. Votes: 3

Even if you need, and want, a second opinion, it can be dangerous to have people telling you what they think you ought to add, or cut, before you've even finished telling your story. One loses heart; one loses energy and interest. Or at least I do. Votes: 3

I heard John Wells say something really smart, many years ago. He said, "Assume your audience is really intelligent. Assume that they are really smart, and tell your story that way." So, for me, it's about never assuming that they will go away because they're not entertained. Votes: 3

As a screenwriter, there's so many layers you have to go through in order to tell your story. You have to write the script, get money for the script, shoot it, find distributors, make it into film festivals, all of that just to get to your audience. Votes: 3

Respect is one of the greatest expressions of Love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don't respect you. They consider that you're not a good artist who can write your own story, even though you were born to write your own story. Votes: 3

Once you start recognizing the truth of your story, finish the story. It happened but you're still here, you're still capable, powerful, you're not your circumstance. It happened and you made it through. You're still fully equipped with every single tool you need to fulfill your purpose. Votes: 3

Don't be afraid to write and share your story with the reading world! Find your courage! It is a fact that some will love it and some will hate it, but there will always be at least one reader who needed it and that's all that matters! Votes: 3

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can."[Keynote Address, University of the Arts, 134th Commencement (Philadelphia, PA, May 17, 2012)] Votes: 3

Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story. Votes: 3

When you choose to write using yourself as the source of the story, you are choosing to confront all the silences in which your story has been protectively wrapped. Your job as a writer is to respectfully, determinedly, free the story from the silences and free yourself from both. Votes: 3

So this is my cue of where to leave you. Now it's your story to retell and pass on. Because an idea is only relevant if it's being thought upon. So remember, never surrender.'Cause the unrelenting constancy of love and hope will rescue and restore from any scope. Votes: 3

Everyday in the heat, rain and cold, I ran, alone in the woods...in the hills near our home. There I felt the gentle touch of God. And I heard His whisper, You're stronger now. It's time to tell the truth of what happened. Tell your story to give someone hope. Votes: 3

I listened long to your story,Listened but could not hear.When you chose to walk that path so overgrown,I remained alone with my fear.Cold silence covers the distance,Stretches from shore to shore.I follow in my mind your far-off journeying,But I will walk that path no more. Votes: 3

Tell your own story, and you will be interesting. Votes: 2

Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story. Votes: 2

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life. Votes: 2

Don't overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work. Votes: 2

A story is open-ended. A story invites you into it to make your own meaning. Votes: 2

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth. Votes: 2

Your face tells a story and it shouldn't be a story about your drive to the doctor's office. Votes: 2

If somebody gave you several thousand dollars and nothin' to do but write, would you be a writer then? Would you tell your stories, your family's stories, then? Votes: 2

I think when people begin to tell their stories, everything changes, because not only are you legitimised in the telling of your story and are you found, literally, like you matter, you exist in the telling of your story, but when you hear your story be told, you suddenly exist in community and with others. Votes: 2

Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend on entertainment. How much of your entertainment centers around stories? Most pieces of music tell stories. Even hanging out with your friends, you talk, you tell stories to each other. They're all stories. We live in stories. Votes: 2

The way you remember the past depends upon your hope for the future. And if what you see in your future has no hope, it has no potential, then you view the past that brought you to here as not very good. Votes: 2

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there. Votes: 2

Improvise. Write your own damn story. Votes: 0

You can rewrite your personal story! Votes: 0

Make your life a story worth telling, Votes: 0

Be the hero of your own story. Votes: 0

Be the hero in your own story. Votes: 0

Be the hero of your own life story. Votes: 0

You are the Hero of your own Story. Votes: 0

Become your own success story, not someone else's. Votes: 0

You're only as good as your last story. Votes: 0

Every story you tell is your own story. Votes: 0

Get lost in a story--in your dream fantasy Votes: 0

Get lost in a story--in your dream fantasy... Votes: 0

Become the director, producer, choreographer of your own story Votes: 0

Everybody's got a story that could break your heart. Votes: 0

If you don't like someone's story, write your own. Votes: 0

Show more interest in their story than your own. Votes: 0

You must give your own story to the world. Votes: 0

There's only one story, the story of your life. Votes: 0

Make the customer the hero of your brand's story. Votes: 0

You write your life story by the choices you make, Votes: 0

Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart... Votes: 0

Your story should inspire others. Your journey should inspire you. Votes: 0

It's time to begin righting the story of your life. Votes: 0

Your home should tell the story of who you are. Votes: 0

Imagine a new story for your life and start living it. Votes: 0

Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own? Votes: 0

The story is always better than your ability to write it. Votes: 0

Your life should be a story you are excited to tell. Votes: 0

Everyone has at least one story that will stop your heart. Votes: 0

When will you be brave enough to recognize your success story? Votes: 0

When will you be brave enough to recognize your success story? Votes: 0

Your brand is a story unfolding across all customer touch points. Votes: 0

Your heartbreak is just another version of the same old story. Votes: 0

Sometimes it's not just your favorite song. It's your untold story. Votes: 0

Your favorite story, whatever it might be, was written for one reader Votes: 0

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal. Votes: 0

Almost everybody will listen to you when you tell your own story. Votes: 0

A story has to break your heart or it's not worth telling. Votes: 0

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try. Votes: 0

The path you create then follow becomes the story of your life. Votes: 0

You can make up your own story when you look at a photo. Votes: 0

If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's. Votes: 0

Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears. Votes: 0

We can make science personal, like a love story or your best friend. Votes: 0

A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart. Votes: 0

Every day is a new opportunity to make your life a story worth telling. Votes: 0

Courage - To tell the story of who you are with your whole heart. Votes: 0

You story must be best told by you. Your experience is a sacred life. Votes: 0

I'll pay you a million dollars if you tell your life story for true. Votes: 0

The key is, no matter what story you tell, make your buyer the hero. Votes: 0

What do you do when you're no longer the hero of your own story? Votes: 0

Each write the story of your life, so try writing the best you can. Votes: 0

Having to call your customer service department is like falling off a six story building. Votes: 0

You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life. Votes: 0

There's always the chance you could die right in the middle of your life story. Votes: 0

I long to hear the story of your life, which must captivate the ear strangely. Votes: 0

You are writing the story of your only life every single minute of every day. Votes: 0

You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story. Votes: 0

The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life. Votes: 0

You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life. Votes: 0

The only way to get the ending you want is to write your own story. Votes: 0

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it. Votes: 0

You're far from this. This story is just another few hundred pages of your mind. Votes: 0

Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story. Votes: 0

The story fails but your faith in the importance of doing the story doesn't fail. Votes: 0

The story of your life is really the story of the relations between yourself and God. Votes: 0

It's like your batteries get low, and you need to charge them on someone else's story. Votes: 0

You've got to tell a story, paint a vision, know your metrics and sell, sell, sell. Votes: 0

Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story. Votes: 0

When you change your NOW story, you instantly change your past story and your future story. Votes: 0

Writing your own story around the same ideas is not plagiarism; at worst, it's being unoriginal. Votes: 0

Living is not the story of your life. Living is the process of experiencing right now. Votes: 0

It's easier to be a character in a story than the star of your own tragedy. Votes: 0

Your excuses will never be as good as the story of how you got it done. Votes: 0

When shooting a story about someone, their hands should always be on your list to shoot. Votes: 0

Think of the funniest story from your life. Chances are, it was something awful at the time. Votes: 0

You're encouraged to pitch your own story. That way, you'll have more control over what you do. Votes: 0

Don't write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen. Votes: 0

Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings. Votes: 0

Don't be sorry, Callie,' he says with a heavy-hearted sigh. 'You have your own sad story. Votes: 0

Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you. Votes: 0

With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character. Votes: 0

You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life. Votes: 0

Once you realize your past is just a story, it no longer has any power over you. Votes: 0

People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life. Votes: 0

Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I'll tell you a story. Votes: 0

Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story. Votes: 0

I am writing graffiti on your body. I am drawing the story of how hard we tried. Votes: 0

Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life. Votes: 0

Try pitching a story of happiness to your editors and their toes are going to curl up. Votes: 0

Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story. Votes: 0

It's important that the way you dress tells a story and reveals something about you and your philosophy. Votes: 0

God is using your present circumstances to make you more useful for later roles in His unfolding story. Votes: 0

Choose your customers. Fire the ones that hurt your ability to deliver the right story to the others. Votes: 0

If you're going to have someone win because of their story, go write a screenplay about your life. Votes: 0

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened. Votes: 0

If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story. Votes: 0

The story of getting there is greater than the story of being there. Wherever your there might be. Votes: 0

Because here's the thing about a book: when you pick up a story, you put down your own. Votes: 0

If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story. Votes: 0

We're saying the story doesn't end here, that the air in your lungs is there for a reason. Votes: 0

We are Living in the Last Chapters of LifeFind Your Purpose and make it the Best Story possible. Votes: 0

Your future is your own again. And I consider that to be a happy ending to the story. Votes: 0

Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!' Votes: 0

Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future Votes: 0

In some way there is no real life. It's always the story of your life that you're living. Votes: 0

Lead with a personal story. Give your audience a way to connect and show you're a real person. Votes: 0

If you're not the hero of your talent story, you simply become a player in one you didn't choose. Votes: 0

One of my favourite messages about 'The Pirate Fairy' is that the story is about appreciating your own talents. Votes: 0

One of my favourite messages about The Pirate Fairy is that the story is about appreciating your own talents. Votes: 0

Start telling the story of your amazing life, and the law of attraction must make sure you receive it! Votes: 0

I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. Votes: 0

A photographer is like a writer... you're writing with your lens so make sure you tell a good story. Votes: 0

Speaking of things that'll make your head explode, "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" finally made it to the drive-in Votes: 0

Dress for the story that you'd like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth. Votes: 0

WORK ON YOUR STORY! He/she who has the best story wins! In life! In business! The White House! Votes: 0

If you're not the hero of your talent story, you simply become a player in one you didn't choose. Votes: 0

If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity. Votes: 0

It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop. Votes: 0

It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs. Votes: 0

You don't realize how little accuracy there is in network TV reporting until they cover a story in your hometown. Votes: 0

Never ask for someone's thoughts on autism unless you are prepared to hear a story that doesn't resemble your own. Votes: 0

Fill the pages of your life with the exciting story of triumph and tragedy, failure and victory, desire and discovery. Votes: 0

Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens. Votes: 0

Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story. Votes: 0

I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject. Votes: 0

Your thoughts become your BELIEFS. Your beliefs become your TRUTH. Your truth becomes your STORY. Your story IS your REALITY. Votes: 0

Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing. Votes: 0

We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story. Votes: 0

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction. Votes: 0

Your only responsibility as a writer is to be true to the story that has chosen you as its writer. Votes: 0

You'd tell the world what your best friend wore to sleep if you thought it made a good enough story. Votes: 0

To know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing to die. Votes: 0

The more story-appeal there is in the picture or in the photograph, the more people would look at your ad Votes: 0

If you change the way you tell your own story, you can change the colour and create a life in technicolour. Votes: 0

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. Votes: 0

Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first! Votes: 0

For me a film is at its best when you can start filling in the story with your own life experience. Votes: 0

Humans will always tell you the story. Dogs can only tell you the truth. Trust your instincts and listen your dog. Votes: 0

Your life is meant to be an epic story. How you think, perform and live today is part of that script. Votes: 0

Good literature boils down to two things: How interesting is the story you are telling, and how interesting is your telling. Votes: 0

Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it. Votes: 0

Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story. Votes: 0

A short story is something that I think can be intuited and envisioned and held in your mind almost at once. Votes: 0

Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story. Votes: 0

You are the director of your own life story. Don't cast idiots or people will walk out during your 2nd act. Votes: 0

If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else. Votes: 0

Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life. Votes: 0

I didn't find my story; it found me, as autobiography always does: finds you out in your deepest most private places. Votes: 0

Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into. Votes: 0

There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins. Votes: 0

Less than 5% of cancers are related to genes. 95% are influenced by your lifestyle. You are the author of your biological story. Votes: 0

I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right. Votes: 0

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story. Votes: 0

I think back story can help guide your choices, but when you're playing a scene, you're not making choices; you're just intuitive. Votes: 0

Your positions on EVERYTHING are based on the story you tell yourself and not some universal fact from the universal fact database. Votes: 0

Your story matters, who you are matters, tonight matters, none of it is an accident. You were born for the blue skies. Votes: 0

The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again! Votes: 0

You devise ways to tell a story that complies with your sensibility. Style and method are really extensions of your present sensibility. Votes: 0

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else. Votes: 0

Try writing an entire story with only a thousand words at your disposal. It’s a terrific lesson in economy and precession. Votes: 0

A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down. Votes: 0

Write about us,Robinson urged. Tell our story.And I did it; I told our story. You hold it in your hands. Votes: 0

I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.' Votes: 0

You are the only author of the story of your life. 'Fate' is just an excuse for all of your wrong decisions. Votes: 0

To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only. Votes: 0

Please tell me you did not bring me out here so you could tell me a very boring story about your sister. Votes: 0

Your cameras can't control the minds of those who know, that you'll even sell your soul just to get a story sold. Votes: 0

That story you're scared to share --- that story has the power to change both your life and the lives of others. Votes: 0

Be the hero of your own story. You are born to turn your mess into a message and the test into a testimony. Votes: 0

To me, Gospel music is really any music that's a testimony and tells a story of what God has done in your life. Votes: 0

The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut sometimes. Votes: 0

Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love brought together under one roof. Votes: 0

Your story is the greatest legacy that you will leave to your friends.It's the longest-lasting legacy you will leave to your heirs. Votes: 0

A lot of the time you just have to follow your creative muse and do what you think is best for the story. Votes: 0

The camera is an extension of yourself... Your story treatment may be subjective, but it is important to remain objective as to truth. Votes: 0

Your body is the ground metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopaedia, your life story. Votes: 0

Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story. Votes: 0

The ability to absorb a book and make someone else's words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage. Votes: 0

If you don't like someone's story, write your own. If you don't like what somebody says, say what it is you don't like. Votes: 0

You may not be able to change the events of your history, but you can change the story you've attached to those events. Votes: 0

Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them. Votes: 0

Live your life in such a way that it is going to be the favorite story of your generation and generations to come. Votes: 0

What should dictate one's life? Money? Fame? No. Friends. Love. Your life's story is formed by those around you. Choose well and share. Votes: 0

Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is. Votes: 0

A story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later. Votes: 0

I guess the biggest challenge to doing any kind of animation voice work is that you only have your voice to tell the story. Votes: 0

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine. Votes: 0

To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well. Votes: 0

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it. Votes: 0

Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier. Votes: 0

Mostly I sat down and said, 'I'm not going to write a boring story.' And that actually, surprisingly, solves most of your problems. Votes: 0

I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story. Votes: 0

Your story is for - voting for every disastrous trade agreement, and voting for corporate America. Did I vote against the Wall Street bailout? Votes: 0

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine Votes: 0

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories. Votes: 0

You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement. Votes: 0

Do not feel badly if your kindness is rewarded with ingratitude; it is better to fall from your dream clouds than from a third-story window. Votes: 0

A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart. Votes: 0

That's how a good story works. It changes how you feel. It brings you to a greater appreciation, a greater joy, of your own existence. Votes: 0

If you like the story then don't hold back in telling me about it, and if you don't then please keep your opinions to yourself! Votes: 0

It's your life story if you're a mathematician: every time you discover something neat, you discover that Gauss or Newton knew it in his crib. Votes: 0

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story. Votes: 0

If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the listener. Votes: 0

So it happened at last: I was about to become a thief, a cheap milk-stealer. Here was your lash-in-the-pen genius, your one story-writer: a thief. Votes: 0

There are three sides to every story: my side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently. Votes: 0

I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing who you are. Votes: 0

Film 'This Changes Everything' is not a sad story. It's not a slit-your-wrists climate film. It's a story about people who are making change happen. Votes: 0

If the length of your life is much shorter than the story of your life, this means that you have lived your life so fully! Votes: 0

It's a typical story: you think of something, it stays in the back of your head for a while, and then you finally do it. Votes: 0

You have to have a plot too, you know? Because without it, your life is less of a story and more of an empty paper. Votes: 0

Remember each new day you get to turn a page in your life and write your own story. So how do you choose to write it? Votes: 0

The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story is about hope. You, like the little caterpillar, will grow up, unfold your wings and fly off into the future Votes: 0

Serious people make a decision to read your fully story before they write you off. Don't worry about those who don't have time to know you. Votes: 0

Your doubts do nothing than pouring cold water on your enviable dreams. Just keep doubts away from you and you will not dilute your success story! Votes: 0

As you awaken, the present moment becomes your home. You still play in the world of time, but you're not identified with the story unfolding there. Votes: 0

You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult. Votes: 0

After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change the end. Votes: 0

If you don't know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it's kind of hard to put things together. Votes: 0

A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience. Votes: 0

The true story...is the realization that no time in your life is ever perfect, that even the best memories have cracks you might not see. Votes: 0

All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will. Votes: 0

You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling. Votes: 0

Hannakins: I know you guys are living out your own private Romeo and Juliet love story, but remember: Both of them die in Act V. -A Votes: 0

I started drawing at a very young age. Writing a story wasn't satisfying, but to actually draw our own world - it's like controlling your own dreams. Votes: 0

In a sense who you are has always been a story that you told to yourself. Now your self is a story that you tell to others. Votes: 0

I was free. Every day, when you're on the run, is the whole of your life. Every free minute is a short story with a happy ending. Votes: 0

You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle. Votes: 0

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't. Votes: 0

One of my favorite things in watching an actor is feeling, The story is safe in your hands. I can lean back and trust you with this. Votes: 0

What do you do when your entire identity is destroyed in an instant? How do you cope when your whole life story turns out to bw wrong? Votes: 0

Fall on Your Knees' is really a story about secrets and family, and the idea that there are some stories or truths that need to be expressed. Votes: 0

Give me a story that just makes me unreasonably vigilant. Keep me up till five only because all your stars are out, and for no other reason. Votes: 0

Tell me how many songs that I must sing before I can see you in your glory, hear your whole entire story, bathe inside your golden, golden sea? Votes: 0

It just seduces you when you read a story and your brain relates to it. You recognize or connect with it. You identify with it; you're bound to. Votes: 0

You have to write the story that's at the front of your head. There is no point in trying to write for the market; it won't ring true. Votes: 0

When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another. Votes: 0

The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it. Votes: 0

When you get to play a character that's in love, it's cool. Once you have love as a motivator in a story, your character is free to do anything. Votes: 0

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. Votes: 0

It takes a hell of a lot of courage to walk into your own story, but to be the hero of your own life you have to rescue yourself. Votes: 0

I think a day in your life on which nothing bad happens may be a wonderful day, but it probably isn't going to be the basis of a story. Votes: 0

If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself? Votes: 0