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That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.
Sam Raimi
Good
Heroic
Way
Remind
Stories
Capable
Us
Show
When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.
Sam Raimi
Strength
Great
Journey
Courage
Overcome
Heroes
Way
See
Some
Small
Great Qualities
Take
Almost
Obstacles
Identify
Qualities
Read
How
Human
Human Beings
Stories
Gain
Them
Show
Beings
Grow
I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject.
Sam Raimi
Me
Construction
World
Active
Imagination
Monster
Those
Kinds
About
Something
Supernatural
Participant
Like
Demons
Subject
Maybe
Where
Stories
Interested
Movies
Fantastic
Really
Use
Appeal
Why
My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Emotions
Addicted
Cinematographer
Favorite
Favorite Part
Part
Excited
Get
Just
Stories
Process
Fantastic
Then
Creating
Working
Whole
Actor
Utterly
Filmmaking
Filmmaking Process
Bradbury would have said his plots are myths and metaphors that tell stories about the human condition. That's what sets him apart from other science-fiction writers: He doesn't write about technology, but about the human heart and psyche.
Sam Weller
Technology
Heart
Human Heart
Sets
Other
Tell
Plots
Would
About
Write
Writers
He
Myths
Him
Said
Metaphors
His
Condition
Psyche
Human
Stories
Human Condition
Apart
There are some people who believe that these are not real stories with real people, but they actually are.
Samantha Bee
People
Some People
Believe
Some
Real
Real People
Stories
Who
Actually
Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
Samantha Bond
Me
Memories
First
Television
Had
Put
Because
First-Person
Been
Pat
Person
Personal
Estate
Stories
Holds
Agatha Christie
Producer
Special
Mum
Her
I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.
Samantha Morton
You
Writing
Brilliant
Just Do It
Think
Poetry
Write
Writer
Talent
Like
Short
Just
Stories
Short Stories
Film
I was so sure I wanted to be a novelist. I would spend hours and hours every day writing. Little stories about nothing in particular. I recall one about someone with an illness. But my dedication wasn't really healthy, and it reached the point where I wasn't sleeping. My mum would tell me, 'You need to go outside to get some fresh air.'
Samantha Shannon
Day
Me
You
Every Day
Writing
Healthy
Nothing
Dedication
Every
Sleeping
Air
Spend
Tell
Would
Some
About
Someone
Point
Outside
Particular
Hours
Hours And Hours
Reached
Sure
Fresh
Fresh Air
Go
Get
Where
Wanted
Stories
Little
Really
Illness
Novelist
Mum
Recall
Need
I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.
Samantha Shannon
World
Rest
Thinking
Bone
About
Never
Am
Brain
Interacting
Stories
Season
I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when I was about 15. In fact they didn't stop until I eventually kind of kicked them out of my bedroom.
Samuel West
Parents
Reading
Young
Kicked
Out
Kind
About
Both
Fact
Until
Read
Always
Bedroom
Bedtime
Did
Quite
Stop
In Fact
Stories
Them
Who
Actor
Eventually
Start
I grew up loving books and stories. Reading became my favourite pastime, and you have to be a reader before you can be a writer.
Sandra Brown
You
Reading
Before
Books
Favourite
Writer
Reader
Became
Up
Pastime
Grew
Stories
Loving
Yes, I love my homes, I love to travel, I love my family, and I love doting on my new grandchildren. But you can only do so much of that. I don't go to lunch with friends. I don't join clubs. I don't have any big hobbies. I work. I come up with stories. I can't even imagine a life where I'm not sitting around, worried about my next book.
Sandra Brown
Life
Work
Love
Family
You
Travel
Book
Big
Lunch
Worried
About
Only
Join
New
Come
Around
Go
Up
Yes
Friends
Sitting
Any
Hobbies
Where
Stories
Clubs
Grandchildren
Much
Next
Even
Homes
Imagine
One of my favorite writers is Hans Christian Anderson. His stories speak to the times.
Sandra Cisneros
Speak
Christian
Favorite
Anderson
Writers
His
Times
Stories
I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy.
Sandra Fluke
Law
Consequences
Our
Dire
Preventing
Purpose
Student
Share
Because
Insurance
Does
Proud
Cover
Contraception
Friends
Stories
Pregnancy
Who
Suffered
Medical
Yes, I was one of the slightly vintage women who let out a shriek when we saw it at Costco: 'The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories', a complete boxed set, fifty-six familiar yellow spines, shrink-wrapped.
Sandra Tsing Loh
Women
Complete
Saw
Slightly
Out
Drew
Costco
Mystery
Nancy
Boxed
Yellow
Yes
Familiar
Stories
Who
Vintage
Set
In twenty-first-century America, our stories have become one and the same: we work to consume, we live to consume, we are what we consume.
Sandra Tsing Loh
Work
Become
Live
Our
Consume
America
Same
Stories
I think I do believe in the afterlife; I have heard stories from people who I can completely trust that have seen ghosts.
Saoirse Ronan
Trust
People
Seen
Believe
Think
Ghosts
Heard
Stories
Afterlife
Who
Seeing 'Pretty Little Liars' fans adapt and create their own stories is both exciting and flattering, and I think what Amazon Publishing is offering through Kindle Worlds is a great way to reward their ingenuity.
Sara Shepard
Great
Reward
Fans
Own
Think
Liars
Worlds
Way
Kindle
Seeing
Pretty
Both
Through
Exciting
Great Way
Amazon
Offering
Stories
Flattering
Little
Ingenuity
Create
Publishing
Adapt
You check off stories to make sure if they're true or if they're right.
Sarah Bradford
You
True
Check
Make
Sure
Off
Stories
Right
I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something else: a collection of short stories, or writing about something other than high school. A lot has happened to me since I was eighteen.
Sarah Dessen
Love
Good
Me
Writing
School
Try
Other
Else
High
Collection
Would
Some
High School
About
Something
Something Else
Point
Since
Like
Ya
Been
Lot
Fit
Than
Short
Eighteen
Stories
Happened
Short Stories
Really
Short stories are often strong meat. Reading them, even listening to them, can be challenging, by which I do not mean hard work, simply that a certain amount of nerve and maturity is required.
Sarah Hall
Work
Hard Work
Maturity
Strong
Listening
Reading
Nerve
Simply
Often
Short
Stories
Short Stories
Which
Mean
Them
Certain
Required
Hard
Meat
Even
Challenging
Amount
It's taken me 15 years to feel I might be able to write and publish short stories, and for the assiduous checks of the industry to allow some through.
Sarah Hall
Me
Publish
Able
Some
Through
Write
Allow
Taken
Feel
Checks
Industry
Years
Short
Stories
Short Stories
Might
I studied the short story as part of my creative writing course at university but then set off as a novelist. Generally, there is a sense that even if you want to write short stories, you need to do a novel first.
Sarah Hall
You
Creative
Writing
First
Sense
Write
Generally
Studied
Part
Course
Off
Short
Want
Stories
Short Stories
Short Story
Story
Then
Even
Novel
Creative Writing
Novelist
Need
Set
University
I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.
Sarah Kay
You
Matter
Live
Think
Tell
Instinct
Human
Where
Stories
Who
I have always liked coming home and sharing what has happened that day with my loved ones. I like comparing notes. I know other people do, too. I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.
Sarah Kay
Day
Home
You
People
Matter
Live
Think
Too
Other
Tell
Sharing
Instinct
Like
Know
Liked
Always
Coming
Coming Home
Human
Where
Stories
Happened
Loved
Loved Ones
Notes
Who
Comparing
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