“Lucy Lawless presented a couple of the awards. And, when I walked off the stage with her after one of them, she said "Oh, I want to introduce you to my friend Madeleine," and that's how I met Madeleine. I realize that's a ridiculous story.” WantSaidStoriesRealizingStageCoupleMetsMy FriendsRidiculousAwardsIntroducingLucyMadeleines Author:Ladyhawke
“There's a truly unbelievable story in the paper today, that a young brother and sister... have been turned down for adoption by their own grandparents... If that weren't enough, the siblings are now to be adopted by two complete strangers against the wishes of the grandparents... And as if that weren't enough, the two strangers are a gay couple, who have been selected ahead of several heterosexual couples.” IfsHas BeensTwoEnoughStoriesTodayYoungWishBrotherCoupleGayPaperStrangerAdoptionGrandparentBrothers And SistersUnbelievableAdoptedSiblingSelectedTurned DownGay CouplesYoung Brother Author:Andrea Leadsom
“Often, one discovery leads to interest in another. After the Dauphin's heart had undergone DNA testing and was placed in the crypt at St. Denis, I think people wanted some closure to the story about the fate of the royal couple's only child who survived the gruesome Temple Prison. I know I did.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHeartChildrenStoriesWantedInterestFateCoupleDiscoveryPrisonTemplesSurvivedRoyalDnaTestingClosureOnly Child Author:Susan Nagel
“I keep a couple of notebooks too into which I record ideas for story titles or characters or situations, and these notes help me quite a bit when I'm feeling at loose ends and not sure of what to work on next.” IdeasEndsCharacterHelpingStoriesFeelingsNextBitsSituationRecordsCoupleNotesTitlesNot SureHelp MeNotebookLoose Ends Author:Christine Sneed
“I found myself sitting at the computer, and I thought I was going to write a kind of simple nostalgic story about two boys and their love of kite fighting. But stories have a will of their own, and this one turned out to be this dark tale about betrayal, loss, regret. The short story which was about 25 pages long sat around for a couple of years.” WritingYearsKindLongTwoStoriesFightingFoundDarkLossSimpleBoysRegretCoupleComputerPagesSittingBetrayalTalesSatShort StoryNostalgicKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“Osho used me and Shunyo (my girlfriend at the time) as an example of how he envisioned men and women should relate. He shared a story he had often told in discourse of a man and woman who lived at opposite ends of a lake. They were deeply in love but only met by chance when sometimes out rowing on the water. He said it was beautiful how Shunyo and I met like this couple. When we had the feeling to be together, we would meet and enjoy. And when we were apart, we were also happy and content in our aloneness.” MenShouldSaidEndsSometimesStoriesFeelingsTogetherBeautifulUsedEnjoyWaterChanceExampleCoupleMetsMen And WomenOppositesRelateGirlfriendLakesDiscourseMy GirlfriendRowingHappy And ContentDeeply In Love Author:Swami Anand Milarepa
“The first couple of weeks of filming were quite tricky for me to find my feet with the character [Maigret], which wasn't helped by the story that we were telling.” FirstsCharacterStoriesWeekFeetCoupleTricky Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I really enjoyed Eddie Bracken. He told me a great story. He did The Odd Couple on Broadway, replacing Art Carney, and he said, "Art Carney did it for six months and I did it for three years, and I don't think anyone I've ever spoken to saw me. They all saw Art Carney."” ThinkingYearsArtSaidStoriesThreeSawsMonthsCoupleSixEnjoyedOddThree YearsBroadwaySix MonthsOdd Couple Author:Brent Spiner
“If nobody is looking for a story, and I have no reason to write a story, I would really much rather to do anything else because it's no fun writing stories, particularly not for me. I just do it in order to sell them and make a couple of bucks.” IfsWritingReasonStoriesOrderFunCoupleSellsNo ReasonBucksJust Do ItWriting Stories Author:Stan Lee
“I worked the AV counter at the Roland Heights public library in the '80s. My best story from the library was the time a couple asked for a recommendation, and I recommended Raising Arizona and they absolutely hated it. They came back hungry for blood. I was on my lunch break and my boss came out and said, "Hey kid, you need to come talk to these people. They totally hate Arizona." And he said, "Arizona's a dog; nobody gets that movie."” PeopleNeedsSaidStoriesKidsHateBreakBloodDogCoupleLibraryHungryHeyHatedHeightBossLunch80sArizonaRecommendationsPublic LibraryLunch Break Author:John Darnielle
“That was actually Lloyd Phillips who was a Kiwi film producer in L.A. And it was about Gorgeous George, not Haystacks Calhoun. I was in a couple of Lloyd's films and got approached to write the story. People don't realize it, but Gorgeous George had this flamboyant, camp stage persona that had a tremendous influence on other celebrities, like Elton John, Liberace, Elvis Presley, and Mohammed Ali, who all wanted to establish their own outlandish stage personas. The project died because Gorgeous George's wife refused to give up the rights.” PeopleGivingWritingStoriesWantedFilmRealizingWifeRightsInfluenceStageCoupleGiving UpProjectsDiedProducersCampsGorgeousPersonaFlamboyantOutlandishStory PeopleKiwiMohammed Ali Author:John Ratzenberger
“It's important to teach students about the reality of the system, that it is in fact the case that they are being targeted unfairly, that the rules have been set up in a way that authorize unfair treatment of them, and how difficult it is to challenge these laws in the courts. We need to teach them how our politics have changed in recent years, how there has been, in fact, a backlash. But we need to couple that information with stories of how people in the past have challenged these kinds of injustices, and the role that youth have played historically in those struggles.” PeopleWayNeedsYearsKindHas BeensImportantFactsStoriesRealityPastLawDifficultChallengesRolesTeachCasesStruggleInformationChangedYouthStudentsCoupleCourtInjusticeTreatmentUnfairBacklashPeople From The PastUnfair Treatment Author:Michelle Alexander
“"The Theory of Everything" is an extraordinary story because [Jane Hawing] was incredibly religious and [Stephen Hawking] was an atheist, so you have this conflict both on a domestic level between a couple in a difficult situation but also this bigger conflict of science versus religion, so it's a really fascinating project.” StoriesDifficultReligiousLevelsSituationTheoryCoupleConflictProjectsBiggerExtraordinaryAtheistFascinatingVersusJaneDifficult Situations Author:Felicity Jones
“I want to live in Paris for a couple of years. I'm dying to do the Josephine Baker story. I really want to be there and do it. It's certainly my intention to do it.” WantYearsStoriesDyingCoupleIntentionParisBakers Author:Diana Ross