Quotes About Stories

'The Skeptical Environmentalist' was much more the idea of the scientific argument of realizing that we need to be skeptical about a lot of these stories that we hear and to put them in context.

I certainly tried to talk about less complex things, but I've had to accept that it's just not what I do. That isn't to say that my shows are depressing - they aren't. At least, I hope they aren't! The problem I have with stories about happy things is that they don't require any skill from a comic - they just repeat the details verbatim.

I love doing movies that touch people's lives.

I love working with older actors because number one, I can learn so much from them because they have so much experience. And it's fun to hear their stories from their era, some of the jokes.

I love history because when you strip away the social and political aspects, it's really just a bunch of fun stories.

I love the pursuit of songwriting, and I've seen what songs can do in people's lives. Some of the stories that come back from songs flying around the globe are so encouraging.

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

There is only Love -- and Stories. All else is but a shadow dream.

I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion.

Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when I grew up. Then I realized I really just like stories.

I would love to make some kind of film about the witches and the Inquisitions. That would be really fun because I don't think their stories have been told enough.

I love to listen to books on tape.

I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate them so much, and they've been part of my education as a woman.

I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.

I love stories about misfits and underdogs.

I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren't that terrific.

I learned to love stories by listening to them.

In our present universe, many things are empty stories; amongst all these meaningless stories, love is less meaningless story than others!

I believe all stories are love stories, and there are kinds and kinds of love, so I will always write about love, but not necessarily romance.

I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted.

I love movies, I love television, I love narratives of all kinds.

I love stories and I don't like to repeat myself. And I look for new stuff, and as they say it gets harder.

While I love working on dramatic characters and stories, it's comedy that I love the most. For me, it's incredibly rewarding to make a person laugh. Laughter is one of the greatest parts of life.