Interesting Stories Quotes

• People at a point of conflict are always the most interesting stories to tell.

  Anne-Marie Duff

  People, Interesting, Stories

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 12, 2015.

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• Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party.

  Joan Crawford

  Wise, Party, Home

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've been dictating to my son, who's helping me on his computer. I'm spending a lot of time doing research - I've just got up to 1971, when I went crazy and dived through the window. My life is so full of interesting stories.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Crazy, Son, Interesting

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• Each of us is born with a series of built-in confusions that are probably somehow Darwinian. These are: (1) we're central to the universe (that is, our personal story is the main and most interesting story, the only story, really); (2) we're separate from the universe (there's US and then, out there, all that other junk - dogs and swing-sets, and the State of Nebraska and low-hanging clouds and, you know, other people), and (3) we're permanent (death is real, o.k., sure - for you, but not for me).

  George Saunders

  Dog, Real, Clouds

  "George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates". 6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com. July 31, 2013.

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• By ignoring a lot of American culture you can write more interesting stories. Unfortunately, if you were writing about America as it is, you'd be writing about a lot of people sitting in front of television sets.

  Richard Russo

  Writing, America, People

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• I currently live in the Plaza in New York and I love it - all that history, all those interesting stories.

  Tommy Hilfiger

  New York, Interesting, Stories

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2011.

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• You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.

  Terry Gilliam

  Interesting, Stories, Reputation

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• I can understand, he said, that many people, many perfectly ordinary people, have an interesting story to tell. No one's experience of life is valueless.

  Michael Frayn

  People, Interesting, Ordinary

  Michael Frayn (2015). “The Russian Interpreter”, p.43, Faber & Faber

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• There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.

  Charlie Rose

  Smart, Interesting, Stories

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• I want to present interesting stories that don't qualify themselves just by virtue of their ethnographic type.

  Ajay Naidu

  Interesting, Stories, Want

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• The Hunger Games' for me is I love the books so much and the character and the story were incredible. That's kind of the game plan is just do really interesting stories with interesting characters.

  Josh Hutcherson

  Book, Character, Games

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• Anybody that wants to walk out that door and leave home for a few months and rely on themselves instead of fate might have some interesting stories to tell.

  Garrett Hedlund

  Home, Fate, Doors

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• Since the last tour I have done a lot of extensive travel to Iraq, Kuwait, Siberia, South Korea and other places and picked up some hopefully interesting stories. We are living in interesting times and as bad as things are, I draw considerable inspiration from some of the things I'm seeing and people I'm meeting. I'm looking forward to getting out on the road and talking about it all.

  Henry Rollins

  Inspiration, Talking, Korea

  "Henry Rollins' 25 Years Of Bullshit", www.ign.com. August 11, 2005.

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• I wish I had some interesting stories about living in L.A., but mostly I just do my work and then go home.

  Alex Pettyfer

  Home, Interesting, Wish

  "Alex Pettyfer Calls Hollywood 'Socially Disgusting'" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 28, 2011.

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• Human behaviour reveals uniformities which constitute natural laws. If these uniformities did not exist, then there would be neither social science nor political economy, and even the study of history would largely be useless. In effect, if the future actions of men having nothing in common with their past actions, our knowledge of them, although possibly satisfying our curiosity by way of an interesting story, would be entirely useless to us as a guide in life.

  Vilfredo Pareto

  Knowledge, Science, Men

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• The book is about zombies, in that it is the over-arching theme, but what's going on is the story of these people and how these survivors deal. I think that's so much more of an interesting story, and that's what really gets and hooks these readers into the book and the show. It's a mix of fans of drama, fans of AMC, fans of horror and fans of Frank [Darabont]. It's a lot of people just coming together and realizing a genre doesn't have to be fixed in one specific detail.

  Steven Yeun

  Drama, Book, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• You're looking, moment by moment and scene by scene, how you can tell the most interesting story. So, we had this great short and we knew that we had a story about a boy and his dog. Because we had that pure emotional core, we could go on crazy tangents and always come back to Victor and Sparky. When I wrote in stuff like Weird Girl and the cat poop, Dutch Day and the windmill, it felt like it was part of Tim's universe.

  John August

  Girl, Dog, Crazy

  Source: collider.com

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• I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and prove to everyone that I'm capable of doing it," it really isn't that, I think that's a bad reason to choose roles. It's more like, who would I be working with and would they be fun to do and entertaining to watch, is it an interesting story or character.

  Steve Carell

  Fun, Moving, Character

  "Steve Carell Interview CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. July 28, 2011.

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• I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside.

  Willem Dafoe

  People, Interesting, Stories

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. September 25, 2007.

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• Definitely the script because you want to be part of an interesting story, you want your character to be a challenge, then comes the director. But essentially it's the script first and whether it's a character that you think you can do.

  Eric Bana

  Character, Thinking, Interesting

  "The Other Boleyn Girl - Eric Bana interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I'd worked on a series of Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books called The Real Deal for HCI books, which featured essays and poems from teens.Finding the right authors for the series has been no easy feat, mostly because I'm looking for a perfect blend of a teen girl with an interesting story or hook, fantastic writing talent, and the confidence to commit to writing a 30,000+ word book in a matter of months. It's a huge commitment and I recognize that, so the fit has to be there from all these different angles.

  Deborah Reber

  Girl, Teenage, Real

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• I did not imagine myself working with Luis Estrada or with the Wachowski Brothers and these are things that have happened to me and I am very satisfied. I hope to keep on finding interesting projects and interesting stories.

  Alfonso Herrera

  Brother, Interesting, Stories

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I am reminded of the old court jester who was supposed to entertain his king with interesting stories and antics. He looked at the king who was lolling on his throne, a drunken, filthy rascal, doffed his cap and bells, and said with a mock gesture of obeisance, “O king, be loyal to the royal within you.” And so I say to you young people today, remember your heritage, and be loyal to that royal lineage that you have as members of the church and kingdom of God on the earth.

  Harold B. Lee

  Kings, Children, Interesting

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• I just always try to find an interesting story and tell it well. That's a hard enough thing to do, whether it's a piece of fiction or it's a small piece of reality. I just look for good story.

  Paul Haggis

  Reality, Interesting, Trying

  "‘Show Me a Hero’ Director Paul Haggis on Collaborating with David Simon, Independence, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 26, 2015.

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• As long as there are still interesting stories and still interesting people that we want to meet, I can keep it going. But, we all have to be invested. If the room starts getting bored or I start getting restless, then we'll either have to change something in the show or maybe end it.

  Jenji Kohan

  Bored, Long, People

  Source: collider.com

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