#tories

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic. ↗

— Amy Tan

#better #bible #fairy #fairy tales #gothic

I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#been #drawn #except #i #long

Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#books #finding #four #great #i

When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa; I didn't make a phone call for two years. I was in Uganda for another four years and I didn't make a phone call. So for six years I didn't make a phone call, but I wrote letters, I wrote short stories, I wrote books. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#another #books #call #central #corps

I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.' ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#academic #adage #difference #grandmother #happens

Through their 'Making a Difference' franchise, I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#communities #continue #difference #excited #franchise

Sometimes, in certain stories, I think we know at the outset essentially what the tone is going to be, or it becomes important that we're groping toward some kind of story with a certain kind of tone that we both get somehow. But I don't think how that's combined with other elements is ever in any way overtly discussed. ↗

— Joel Coen

#becomes #both #certain #combined #discussed

You hear stories like that of Canadians trying to get in, but when you go back home, you don't expect that. ↗

— Caroline Dhavernas

#canadians #expect #get #go #hear

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#desire #ensemble #groups #i #involved

There have been many times when we have not run stories because we cannot get it verified. ↗

— Mary Hart

#been #cannot #get #many #ny times