Quotes About Story

Legends had been written about less.

In Western European realist fiction, what is a writer going to do (we wondered out loud) with the irrational, with synchronicities, with superstition and the private magic we invent to keep us out of harm's way, with the uncanny, with thought streams and digressions that contradict our attempt to fix the story?

External motivation is usually the most important to establish early in the book. Internal motivation can take a bit longer to develop and be woven into the fabric of the story one thread at a time. Coincidence:

Despite the fact that Machen included the story in his collection The Angel of Mons in 1915, with a long preface refuting the truth of the story, the world preferred to believe that in fact St. George had led the bowmen of Agincourt against the Germans at Mons.

Malam ini, maaf tak ubahnya aroma samudera lepas atau aroma lumut pegunungan tinggi dari bilik pemulung di TPA Bantar Gebang. Sebuah Hikayat.

If the journal is the jumble of raw material—blood, bones, sinews—and a poem is the cell, the impulse, the story is the entire animal.

Your body is the physical record of your life story as you've lived it until today.

We live like actors in a play who are given only one line at a time, going through the motions without understanding the full story. But when you get in touch with your soul, you see the whole script for the drama.

At present the dominant story, collectively speaking, is scientific, and one aspect of the mind is given credit for advancing human evolution: rational thought. If we pity our forebears for their difficulty in getting past superstition and myth, the future may pity us for glorifying the rational mind and neglecting the whole mind.

Ya sea que lamentes algo de tu pasado o te preocupes por algo del futuro, estás provocando cambios en tu cuerpo. En otras palabras, pasas gran parte de tu vida metabolizando tiempo. (...)¿qué pasaría si no tuvieras una historia? Tu vida sería mucho más simple y más natural. No tendrías una imagen pública que defender. No tendrías miedo del mañana porque sin una historia que seguir aceptarías cualquier experiencia y la dejarías ir.

Description is a story well told already; experience offers truth.

The world is a fairy tale; we are its guardians.

I have only known you about five months. But you know every piece of my life, all the ugly details. Now I'm asking you to trust me with yours—not because I want to know your stuff, but because I want to know you. What made you this amazing woman that you are, this woman that I've grown to admire and love. I want to know her story.

I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.

Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job.

Brilliantly disguised as Hard work, Opportunity always knocks only once, and hence gets missed by many. Temptations, on the other hand, lean on the doorbell and get the welcome reception. Successful persons recognize the true Opportunity hidden within the challenge, and turn it into a great Success Story. Recognize and welcome the Opportunity, when she knocks on your door. Good luck!

La vida puede estar llena de tantos giros inesperados y vueltas que nunca encontrarás en ningún parcelas de películas de Hollywood o Broadway. No es de extrañar! después de todo, esas películas y obras de teatro son escritos por escritores profesionales de la historia, Mientras que su historia de vida está escrita por el poder supremo, y ni los guionistas de Hollywood que ni dramaturgos de broadway nunca pueden igualar su creatividad.

La vie est toujours ce que vous faites de lui, mais il est souvent plein de surprises et de rebondissements inattendus. Dramaturge William Shakespeare a écrit que la vie est une histoire racontée par un idiot, plein de bruit et de fureur, qui ne signifie rien. En réalité, votre vie est une histoire écrite par nul autre que vous; et il est toujours à vous de le rendre intéressant, utile, et merveilleux.

La vie peut être pleine de tant de rebondissements inattendus et tourne que vous ne trouverez jamais dans un film de Hollywood ou de parcelles de Broadway. Pas étonnant! après tout, ces films et pièces de théâtre sont écrits par des scénaristes professionnels, tandis que votre histoire de vie est écrit par le pouvoir suprême, et ni les scénaristes de Hollywood, ni dramaturges broadway peuvent jamais égaler sa créativité.

Life can be full of so many unexpected twists and turns that you'll never find in any Hollywood movie plots or Broadway plays. No wonder! After all, those movies and plays are written by professional story writers, while your life story is written by Supreme Power, and neither Hollywood scriptwriters nor Broadway playwrights can ever match Her creativity.

Life is always what you make of it, although it's often full of surprises and unexpected twists. Playwright William Shakespeare wrote that Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. In actuality, your life is a story written by no one else but you; and it's always up to you to make it interesting, worthwhile, and wonderful.

I have quite a story to tell you," Parke said with a dramatic flair. "Sit back with that 'coke' and listen to the tale I'm about to spin. It's a grand one, full of action, suspense, intrigue, violence, and even some juicy stuff. Just what a good story should have, don't ya' think?

Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.

I worked very hard as a young journalist learning the trade and asking questions, understanding what a story is and being able to present that in a way that people would find interesting.