Interesting Stories Quotes:

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

- Anne-Marie Duff

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

topic: People, Interesting, Stories, Interesting Stories

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

topic: Wise, Party, Home, Interesting Stories, Wise Guy

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

topic: Crazy, Son, Interesting, Interesting Stories, Dictating

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

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

topic: Dog, Real, Clouds, Grad, Interesting Stories

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

topic: Writing, America, Interesting, Interesting Stories

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

- Tommy Hilfiger

topic: New York, Interesting, Stories, Interesting Stories

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

topic: Interesting, Stories, Reputation, Interesting Stories

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

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

topic: Interesting, People, Stories, Valueless, Interesting Stories

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

- Charlie Rose

topic: Smart, Interesting, Stories, Interesting Stories

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

- Ajay Naidu

topic: Interesting, Stories, Want, Interesting Stories

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

topic: Book, Character, Games, Interesting Characters, Interesting Stories

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

topic: Home, Fate, Doors, Interesting Stories, Some Interesting

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

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

topic: Inspiration, Talking, Korea, South Korea, Interesting Stories

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

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

topic: Home, Interesting, Wish, Interesting Stories, Some Interesting

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

topic: Past, Men, Law, Social Science, Interesting Stories

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

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Interesting Stories

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

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Girl, Dog, Crazy, Interesting Stories, Windmills

Doing TV shows helps me a lot in my screenplay writing and filmmaking, especially since my TV shows are in different formats: comedy sketches, talk shows, debate programs, art variety shows, quiz shows. These enable me to meet interesting people with interesting stories and to learn about interesting subjects, all of which I can reflect into film.

- Takeshi Kitano

source: Source: www.avclub.com

topic: Art, Writing, Tv Shows, Quiz, Interesting Stories

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

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Bored, Long, People, Interesting Stories

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

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

topic: Fun, Moving, Character, Interesting Stories

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

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

topic: Reality, Interesting, Trying, Interesting Stories, Small Pieces

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

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

topic: Character, Thinking, Interesting, Interesting Stories

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

- Willem Dafoe

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

topic: People, Interesting, Stories, Interesting Stories

Latin America wants to decriminalize at least marijuana (maybe more or course;) the US wants to maintain it. An interesting story. There seems to me no easy way out of this.

- Noam Chomsky

source: "Noam Chomsky on America's Economic Suicide". Interview with Laura Flanders / GRITtv, www.alternet.org. May 4, 2012.

topic: Latin, Marijuana, America, Interesting Stories

I tell a lot of interesting stories and talk about my background and have a lot of fun. We have a lot of pictures. They actually came to my house and shot me painting my toenails and doing dishes. But I never really do the dishes.

- Carmen Electra

topic: Fun, Interesting, House, Interesting Stories, Toenails

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

source: Source: blogs.indiewire.com

topic: Brother, Interesting, Stories, Interesting Stories

When you're looking for stories or movies usually the great stories are about people in their 30s or 40s because they've lived more life and they're usually accomplishing more incredible things. But when there's an interesting story about someone that's your age, you immediately - especially when you're younger - are like, "Wow that's crazy! There's not very many of these."

- Jonah Hill

source: "‘War Dogs': Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, and Todd Phillips on the Stranger-Than-Fiction Tale". Press conference, collider.com. August 15, 2016.

topic: Crazy, People, Interesting, Interesting Stories

Certainly there is a depression I think a lot of Black folks are getting ready to have come January [2017] and that might be an interesting story to tell.

- Ed Gordon

source: Source: www.ebony.com

topic: Thinking, Interesting, Black, Interesting Stories

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

topic: Kings, Children, Interesting, Interesting Stories, Jester

I'm more a fan of old-school films with really interesting stories and good performances. That's what I'd like to do.

- Dave Bautista

source: Source: dailydead.com

topic: Old School, Interesting, Fans, Interesting Stories

Reporters have a different point of view and a different job. Consequently, to the extent that you can help them turn in an interesting story that their editor is going to like and that's going to further their careers, they're going to give you more ink and cover you.

- Roger Ailes

source: Source: www.campaignsandelections.com

topic: Jobs, Views, Editors, Interesting Stories, Different Points Of View

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

topic: Girl, Teenage, Real, Interesting Stories, Chicken Soup

There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a bike accident and couldn't make it into the studio, and the gentleman Dave Hamlin who worked on this record along with Ohad sort of took it, rearranged it. Dave went and sonically changed it and changed the keys so that Andy could sing it better. All these pieces came together that suddenly displayed that the song was meant for Andy [Kim] to sing. And he always said, "I'll never understand it, but I'll sing it with all my heart."

- Kevin Drew

source: "'Songs I Can Sing Ya': An Interview with Andy Kim and Kevin Drew". Interview With Evan Sawdey, www.popmatters.com. February 24, 2015.

topic: Girl, Song, Heart, Interesting Stories

There are things I've done in the past I'm not proud of - and I could talk about them if I wanted to - but I don't reveal my secrets... I prefer certain things to remain personal; there have to be boundaries. And I don't think you need a scandal to have an interesting story.

- Faith Hill

source: "We Love Faith Hill". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. October 1, 2006.

topic: Past, Thinking, Interesting, Interesting Stories

The reason people are watching women in their mid-fifties is because a lot of those women feel great and have different, interesting stories to tell.

- Katey Sagal

source: Source: www.elle.com

topic: People, Interesting, Different, Interesting Stories

Usually the most interesting stories are written not on paper but hearts.

- Richard Paul Evans

source: Richard Paul Evans (2015). “Walking on Water: A Novel”, p.191, Simon and Schuster

topic: Heart, Interesting, Stories, Interesting Stories

If you can take it to the next level and really tell an interesting story in a unique and fresh way, then I feel like that's a great song.

- Bonnie McKee

topic: Song, Unique, Interesting, Interesting Stories

I never was taught how to go into a meeting and talk about a tour and how to plan a show, but seeing that side of things [about] someone who wants to be a Unicorn but has to now be a boss and navigate this is a really powerful and interesting story.

- Lilly Singh

topic: Powerful, Interesting, Boss, Interesting Stories, Really Powerful

You see the lighted windows and what you want to think is that there may be many interesting stories behind them, but what you know is that really there are just dull, dull souls, mere consumers of food, who think their instincts are emotions and their tiny lives of more account than a whisper of wind.

- Terry Pratchett

topic: Thinking, Wind, Interesting, Interesting Stories

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

- John Steinbeck

source: John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.237, Penguin

topic: People, Stories, Courses, Interesting Stories

egregious. most people think that word means terrible or unheard of or unforgivable. it has a much more interesting story than that to tell. it means "outside the herd." imagine that - thousands of people, outside the herd.

- Kurt Vonnegut

source: Kurt Vonnegut (1982). “Deadeye Dick”, Delacorte Press

topic: Mean, Thinking, People, Interesting Stories

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.

- Edgar Rice Burroughs

topic: Writing, Successful, Interesting, Story Writers, Interesting Stories

It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.

- Greg Kinnear

topic: Interesting, Stories, Easy, Interesting Stories

All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting thing in my life is the show and that's on telly.

- Graham Norton

topic: Interesting, Stories, Television, Interesting Stories, Interesting Things

Personally, as a print journalist, I always found the most interesting stories to be the ones hacks talked about in the bar after work.

- Nick Denton

source: "The Brit dishing the dirt on America" by Jay Rayner, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2008.

topic: Interesting, Bars, Stories, Interesting Stories

I would love to document the Roots; I think they have an interesting story. I have a curiosity about them. Their musicality and their live performances I think would be great, and I have a feeling that there are stories behind each one of them.

- Michael Rapaport

topic: Thinking, Roots, Interesting, Interesting Stories, Live Performance

I love not being in a comfortable state, anyway. That makes for much more interesting storylines and an interesting story.

- Katheryn Winnick

source: "VIKINGS: Katheryn Winnick Talks Lagertha, Collaborative Process, and Season 3". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 23, 2015.

topic: Interesting, Stories, States, Interesting Stories

Villains are not fun for me to play, as such. But caricature-ish, intense behaviors that are based on real human traits are interesting. That makes an interesting story.

- Sharlto Copley

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Fun, Real, Play, Interesting Stories

TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television.

- Vince Gilligan

source: Source: www.gq.com

topic: Running, Interesting, Television, Interesting Stories

Survivor has been such a hit, and out of that have come so many interesting stories from people that we don't see on the big screen. We have helped make them incredible celebrities.

- Mary Hart

topic: Interesting, People, Stories, Interesting Stories