#stories

Obviously, I like to write stories that are page-turners. But I always try my very, very hardest to be as factually true as possible. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#hardest #i #i always #like #obviously

You hear stories of intense actors who can't shed their character and who don't know who they are for a week or two after. I'm not that guy, man. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#character #guy #hear #i #intense

For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane. ↗

— Charles F. Bass

#arcane #due #failures #four #i

An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy. ↗

— Boris Becker

#autobiography #close #coming #honesty #much

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories. ↗

— Eric Brown

#between #book #day #five #garden

I am constantly getting letters from inconsistancies in the back stories of these characters. ↗

— Joe Murray

#back #characters #constantly #getting #i

The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols. ↗

— Tom Peters

#best #every #exception #leaders #level

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

I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#center #could #dive #down #fantasize