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I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace. Seth Godin
When this is all over I'm going to found an association called 'The Knights of the Idiotic Table' and its purpose will be to arrange an annual dinner where we tell stories about Lisbeth Salander. You're all members. Steig Larsson
The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened. Lin Yutang
What I bring to the interview is respect. The person recognizes that you respect them because you're listening. Because you're listening, they feel good about talking to you. When someone tells me a thing that happened, what do I feel inside? I want to get the story out. It's for the person who reads it to have the feeling . . . In most cases the person I encounter is not a celebrity; rather the ordinary person. "Ordinary" is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across... Studs Terkel
Just for the sake of amusement, ask each passenger to tell you his story, and if you find a single one who hasn’t often cursed his life, who hasn’t told himself he’s the most miserable man in the world, you can throw me overboard head first. Voltaire
Fathers and SonsArkaday watching Katya's face as she accepts his marriage proposal: Anyone who has never seen such tears in the eyes of a beloved one cannot fathom to what extent, all overcome with gratitude and shame, a human being can be happy on earth. Bazarov on his death bed: I am done for. I've fallen under the wheel. And it transpires that there was no point in thinking about the future. It's an old story, is death, but to every man it comes anew. Ivan Turgenev
Orson Scott Card quote: "All the stories are fictions. What matters is which fiction..."
All the stories are fictions. What matters is which fiction you believe. Orson Scott Card
Life Stories: Why hunger for these? One, it fits a hunger. Maybe it is more like bossiness. Maybe we just want to be in charge of the life, no matter who lived it... Margaret Atwood
William Shakespeare quote: "For God's sake, let us sit upon the groundAnd tell sad stories..."
For God's sake, let us sit upon the groundAnd tell sad stories of the death of kings... William Shakespeare
Philip Stanhope quote: "Many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his..."
Many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. Philip Stanhope
Paulo Coelho quote: "And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my..."
And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the same old stories. Paulo Coelho
The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a... Peter S. Beagle
Ultimately? or at the limit? in order to see a photograph well, it is best to look away or close your eyes. 'The necessary condition for an image is sight,'Janouch told Kafka; and Kafka smiled and replied: 'We photograph things in order to drive them out of our minds. My stories are a way of shutting my eyes. Roland Barthes
I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could do a story about it. The experience was a special kind of hell. I came out understanding full well how one could be addicted to 'smack,' and quickly. Dan Rather
James Hilton quote: "It's a very remarkable story."Remarkable's a well-chosen word...."
It's a very remarkable story."Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away. James Hilton

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