#stories

Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters. ↗

— Robert Englund

#english #facility #great #historic #horror

I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

#consequences #contraception #cover #dire #does

Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life. ↗

— Linda Vester

#important #inherently #life #relation #sometimes

I can't tell stories to save my life. I like to have fun, and I go out and have a lot of fun. But I'm not really an entertainer that way. I'm much more shy. ↗

— Marisa Tomei

#fun #go #have fun #i #life

I'm only interested in rites of passage stories. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#interested #only #passage #rites #stories

I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects, the life-or-death stories. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#big #charting #day-to-day #explore #familiar

It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#again #beginning #beginnings #came #follows

As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time. ↗

— Tom Waits

#big #bring #clothes #cool #did

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me. ↗

— David Walliams

#absolute #adult #book #books #charlie

I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth. ↗

— David Walliams

#bit #book #characters #depth #emotional