“I'm sitting in the bus station, minding my own business, reading 'Ta-Da!' magazine; a magazine by and for gay magicians, but that's a different story.” DifferentStoriesHumorFunnyReadingMy OwnGaySittingMagazinesStationsBusMagicianOwn BusinessMinding My Own Business Author:Dave Attell
“I get my ideas for books from my own kids and sometimes from other children. Often when I am telling stories I will say: I am going to make up a new story.” ChildrenBookIdeasSometimesStoriesKidsMy OwnTelling Stories Author:Robert Munsch
“I can't say L'Etranger influenced me to write, but for the first time I considered the possibility of telling a story that resembled my own experiences in my own voice.” WritingFirstsI CanStoriesVoiceMy OwnPossibilityFirst Time Author:Sefi Atta
“The Drama Years is filled with heart-stirring stories, just-been-there advice from recent teens and practical, actionable tips for parents. It's full of real girls talking about everything from stress and body image to love and materialism. Reading this book, I cringed in recognition of my own drama years, just wishing this book had been around back then and so grateful I'll have it as a guide for my own daughter.” YearsHeartBookRealStoriesBodyGirlReadingWishParentMy OwnTalkingAdviceDramaDaughterStressGratefulFilledGuidesPracticalsRecognitionMaterialismTeensBody ImageStirringSo GratefulReal Girl Author:Melissa Walker
“I can't imagine what it would be like to write in a relaxed state. I'm going to be writing some stories for my own interest. I want to experiment with different things and see if I can approach writing with much less control and in a better psychological state. It will be like breaking out of a straitjacket.” IfsWantWritingI CanDifferentStatesStoriesWould BeInterestMy OwnImagineApproachExperimentsPsychologicalDifferent ThingsRelaxed Author:Kate Atkinson
“My inspiration is my life, what I see happening around me. It can be history and, quite often, plain traditional fairy tales. But I never adapt; I nourish myself with old stories, and then create my own tales.” StoriesInspirationMy OwnHappeningsTalesTraditionalFairyFairy Tale Author:Michel Ocelot
“When I was very young, I was already a fabulador. I loved to give my own version of stories that everybody already knew. When I got out of a movie with my sisters, I retold them the whole story. In general they liked my version better than the one they had seen.” GivingWholeStoriesYoungActorsMy OwnVersionsMovieMy Sister Author:Pedro Almodovar
“I want to have enough data, so I won't write myself into thin air, so that I can extrapolate and give you this secret human infrastructure. The only way I sate my own curiosity is to create this from scratch. There must be commanding love stories. There must be great moral cost.” WayWantGivingWritingHumansI CanEnoughStoriesMy OwnSecretMoralAirCostCuriosityLove StoryDataInfrastructureScratchesThin Air Author:James Ellroy
“I might do a film someday for the collection. I love designing sets and creating environments, in film school and for my own presentations. I love telling stories.” StoriesMightSchoolFilmMy OwnEnvironmentDesignCreatingCollectionsSomedayPresentationTelling StoriesFilm School Author:Pamela Love
“I initially wanted to tell 'Oscillate Wildly' story because it wasn't one I had heard or seen before. The invisibility piece resonated most. Somewhere over the past couple of years I realized that I've essentially been making movies for my teenage self who struggled with isolation and my own brand of invisibility living in rural Ohio.” YearsSelfStoriesWantedPastMy OwnPiecesHeardCoupleI RealizedBrandsIsolationTeenageOver The PastOhioInvisibility Author:Travis Mathews
“I'm the only Mauritanian filmmaker so it wouldn't make sense to make a film in France. I could shoot outside of my own country if the story was something that called for it. Africa really has to be the reason for me to make a new film.” IfsCountryReasonStoriesFilmMy OwnFranceMake SenseFilmmaker Author:Abderrahmane Sissako