A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine. – Chuck Palahniuk
We’re telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story. – Bradley Whitford
Sometimes, you don’t realize that something is actually a sidetrack for the story, or it takes the tension out of a scene. – Catherine Hardwicke
I’ve never read Joseph Campbell, and I don’t know all that much about story archetypes. – Christopher Nolan
I feel like ‘Beware’ is a heartfelt song – it’s something that is definitely a story, something that I cultivated from personal stories, some from just other stories in just wanting to make a good song. – Big Sean
Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it’s over, and that’s kind of a relief. I really like balancing the two. – Aimee Bender
I’m not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I’m interested in who’s telling it and how they’re telling it and the effects of whatever happened on the characters and the people. – Amy Hempel
Bank of America is the story of some of the most ambitious, aggressive bank builders on the face of the planet. – Charles Duhigg
‘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. – Ann-Marie MacDonald
Louis CK knows that just because a joke is using space as a resource instead of something to be crammed like a hamper, this doesn’t mean a story isn’t happening. – Andrea Seigel
I think you tell the story that has to be told. You tell the story that’s the truth. You tell the story that readers will be interested in and should know about. – Andrew Ross Sorkin
And that’s why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat. – Berkeley Breathed
It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo. – Alan Rickman
I’m grateful to HBO for telling my story, and I’d like to thank everyone for their ongoing support. – Craig Sager
If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else. – Bernie Mac
I like to say, ‘You get as much story as you can take.’ But you have to effectively render it. – Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
I like Nirvana, but I couldn’t say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story. – Art Alexakis
The fact of the matter is, particularly when covering a campaign, which is a very high-speed story, it’s incredibly unusual for the reporter to be in the same place as the dateline when the story is filed. – Andrew Rosenthal
Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won’t tell and people feel it’s because I’m being secretive or something, but it’s actually because I’m ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences. – Abbas Kiarostami
I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays. – Caitlin Moran
If one story becomes too hot, then you can’t forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid. – Andrew Scott
Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises. – Colin Mochrie
I don’t like two stories. I like one story. I never grew up with stairs. I like to stick to what I know. – Bruno Mars
Most writers spend their lives standing a little apart from the crowd, watching and listening and hoping to catch that tiny hint of despair, that sliver of malice, that makes them think, ‘Aha, here is the story.’ – Ayelet Waldman
That’s not the part of the story that I’m interested in, anyway. The part that I’m interested in is all the personal stuff. I tried to base the powers on family archetypes. – Brad Bird
Everybody has those stories that make them wince when they think about them silently. But as soon as you tell that story, it becomes a little bit less cringe-inducing. – Aisha Tyler
