#stories

AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#beat #because #better #break #career

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film. ↗

— Annette Funicello

#constantly #disney #film #great #his

My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

#grandmother #she #stories #told #very

Do goofy stories make people nice? What if, in their goofiness, these stories somehow inspire that in the right way. Is that a social good? ↗

— Matt Stone

#goofy #inspire #make #nice #people

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game. ↗

— Rex Stout

#ball #ball game #ballplayers #detective #detective stories

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#died #families #father #his #how

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker. ↗

— Spike Lee

#filmmaker #films #i #live #new

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be sure? ↗

— Tanith Lee

#fiction #genres #non-fiction #only #perhaps

The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing. ↗

— Eric Lefkofsky

#big #big success #big thing #facebook #ideas

At its core, 90 percent of my job is still sitting down in a room full of people, and breaking stories... and that requires virtually no technology. ↗

— Steven Levitan

#core #down #full #job #people