#stories

It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#form #grew #i #in the past #narrative

We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#century #country #greatest #know #security

Orlando's a part of me. The next guy's a part of me. And the next guy's a part of me. That's all I'm trying to do, is tell cool stories that people can relate to. ↗

— Shemar Moore

#guy #i #ll cool #me #next

I can't write my life story without Emmitt and Troy. They can't write their life stories without me. We're tied together forever. This is a day to remember for the rest of our lives. ↗

— Michael Irvin

#emmitt #forever #i #life #life story

If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#boundaries #i #myself #set #stories

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. ↗

— John Irving

#casualties #i #i write #keep #looking

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories. ↗

— Washington Irving

#am #believe #how #i #i am

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#connection #first #last #look #real

I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#despite #doing #doomed #enjoy #fact

I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to tell these stories and present these shapes, colors and movements as I see them, as I see them serve a narrative. As I see that narrative serve an audience. That's what I want to do. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#audience #colors #context #dramatic #i