“I'm a huge comic book collector. When I was a kid, I had both Marvel and DC. I was my own librarian. I made card files. I had origin stories of all the characters, and cross-referenced when they appeared in other comic books. I was full on.” MadeBookCharacterStoriesKidsMy OwnHugeCrossesCardsComicComic BookFilesLibrarianCollectors Author:James Mangold
“I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the seemingly endless war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but I knew that I wanted to somehow tell the stories of the Congolese women caught in the cross-fire.” WritingI CanWarPlayMomentsStoriesWantedRememberFireCrossesDemocraticCaughtEndlessObsessedRepublicCongoEndless WarDemocratic Republic Author:Lynn Nottage
“My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying . . . one must ruthlessly suppress everything that is not concerned with the subject. If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on the wall, you should make quite sure that it is going to be used further on in the story.” IfsShouldFirstsHas BeensEndsStoriesUsedLyingMy OwnWrittenSubjectsWallGunConcernedCrossesChaptersHanging On Author:Anton Chekhov
“Elizabeth Turnage is a woman of grit and grace who lives into the stories of those who join her in this odd journey of seeking God. She honors the complexity of life without ever losing sight of the simple glory of the cross. Her grasp of the mundane and miraculous and their interplay gives a depth and honesty to her story that tugs at the heart and gives us hope our story can matter. Her book will be a clarion call to bring our broken, holy, troubled, and glorious life to the author of all stories: Jesus.” GivingHeartBookMatterStoriesJesusSimpleGraceJourneyHonestyBrokenHonorHolyLosingGloryCrossesSightDepthSeekingOddComplexityGloriousMiraculousMundaneGritSeeking GodGlorious Life Author:Dan B. Allender
“You don't let a guy put his hand on your chest, and put his foot on the ball and look into your eyes and tell you a bedtime story. No. sorry. He controlled the ball on his chest, step on it, look, see if someone was in the stands, take a coffee, turn, call his family, no one was answering, left a message, and then thought "Oh, I might cross the ball." He crossed it and they scored.” IfsLooksStoriesHandsMightEyeGuyTurnsLeftStepsFeetMessagesCrossesBallsSorryCoffeeControlledChestsBedtimeBedtime Stories Author:Thierry Henry
“The fact, and the intuition or logic about the fact, are severe coordinates in fiction. In the short story they must cross with hair-line precision.” FactsStoriesLinesFictionHairCrossesLogicIntuitionShort StorySeverePrecisionCoordinates Book:A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation Source: A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation
“The doctrine of hell does not stand alone as a kind of ancient Christian horror story. Rather, hell is inseparable from three other interrelated biblical truths: human sin, God's holiness, and the cross of Christ.” HumansKindDoeStoriesChristianThreeChristSinHellHorrorCrossesAncientDoctrineHolinessBiblicalInseparableStand AloneHorror StoriesBiblical Truth Author:Douglas Groothuis