Everybody has their story - at some point you have to say, 'This is who I am: Now it's up to me to become what I want to be.'
Monica Seles
A short story is a shard, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously... →
Will Self
Having had that experience... I think, what modern culture wants to see is the relationship with the woman. I don't think you can tell a story on... →
Tom Selleck
I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the narrative is told.
Brian Selznick
Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished... →
I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of... →
Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or how the... →
I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I'm constantly revising this as I go along. It gives... →
Maria Semple
Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television.
So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set... →
Aarti Sequeira