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Agatha Christie quote: "It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City...."
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story. Agatha Christie
I don't mind UFO's and ghost stories, it's just that I tend to give value to the storyteller rather than to the story itself. Robert Stack
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. Bruce Springsteen
People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning. Steven Spielberg
I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story. Steven Spielberg
Nicholas Sparks quote: "In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by..."
In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy. Nicholas Sparks
David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology. Terry Southern
To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't be said so well with words. David Lynch
A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated. Aaron Sorkin
Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news. Tabitha Soren
Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it. Derek Luke
George Lucas quote: "A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A..."
A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing. George Lucas
The interesting thing about the China story, getting back to the macro and micro, and as dire as I think the macro story is - due to bad credit and credit extension that makes Greece and Spain and the U.S. look like child's play - when you get to the micro of individual companies, they look even worse. James Chanos
Martin Cruz Smith quote: "As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then..."
As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money. Martin Cruz Smith
I got out of autobiography because my story is, I was famous, it was hard for me, I got into therapy. I had trouble with food, I got a nutritionist. There's no story there. Courtney Thorne Smith

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