“I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I'm not enjoying a story, the reader won't either.” IfsStillsImportantStoriesEnjoyAwarenessReaderConsciousReactions Author:Thomas Perry
“I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.” PeopleWritingCharacterStoriesLiteratureEnjoyFictionGreat Literature Author:Kathy Reichs
“I think my love is storytelling. No matter what it is, it's storytelling. And so whatever the medium is, what's right for the story, I enjoy doing it.” ThinkingMatterStoriesEnjoyLove IsNo Matter WhatStorytellingMediums Author:Neil Strauss
“I was about seven or eight years old when I first heard West Side Story, and it had a huge impact on me. If you look at the elements of that record, it contains many of the things I enjoy doing today.” IfsYearsFirstsLooksStoriesTodayEnjoySidesRecordsHeardHugeElementsImpactWestSevenEightWest SideWest Side Story Author:Steve Vai
“During the last dozen years the tales of suppression of free assemblage, free press, and free speech, by local authorities or the State operating under martial law have been so numerous as to have become an old story. They are attacked at the instigation of an economically and socially powerful class, itself enjoying to the full the advantages of free communications, but bent on denying them to the class it holds within its power.” YearsHas BeensWarStatesStoriesLastsLawEnjoyPowerfulClassPowerMilitaryCommunicationSpeechAuthorityAdvantageEconomicsConstitutionPressesLocalsTalesOppressionDozenFree SpeechBentDespotismSuppressionFree PressAssemblageMartial Law Author:Edward Alsworth Ross
“It's always a challenge bringing a great story classic to the screen. Giving visual form to the characters and places that have only existed in the imagination. But it's the kind of challenge we enjoy.” GivingKindCharacterStoriesFormEnjoyImaginationChallengesScreensClassicVisuals Author:Walt Disney
“That's what a powerful story does. It creates a more intense experience of life for you to watch. That's what a good film does for me, anyway. That process, I enjoy. It just makes for entertaining characters and entertaining films.” DoeCharacterStoriesFilmProcessEnjoyPowerfulWatchesIntenseEntertainingGood Films Author:Sharlto Copley
“Once upon a time, began the story of you.Many perilous, wonderful, harrowing, brilliant, delightful, profound things happened.And yet—the most exciting twists and best turns are yet to come. And it absolutely does not matter how old or young you are.Like a bright carpet of wonders, enjoy the unrolling of your story.” DoeMatterStoriesYoungTurnsEnjoyWonderWonderfulHappenedExcitingProfoundBrilliantThings HappenDelightfulTwistsCarpetOnce Upon A Time Author:Vera Nazarian
“As for 'story' I never yet did enjoy a novel or play in which someone didn't tell me afterward that there was something wrong with the story, so that's going to be no drawback as far as I'm concerned. "Good Lord, why am I so bored" "I know; it must be the plot developing harmoniously." So I often reply to myself, and there rises before me my special nightmare that of the writer as craftsman, natty and deft.” KnowsPlayStoriesEnjoyLordNovelSpecialConcernedDevelopingBoredNightmarePlotCraftsmanDrawbacksSo Bored Author:E. M. Forster
“Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact create a labyrinth of a story with four different points of entry. But what interested me was creating something that would rearrange itself every time you read one of the other books. So depending on which order you read them, the implications and angles would change. To get that right, each one of the books had to have its own personality and texture -- even though they are connected, they are very different creatures.” PeopleBookDifferentFactsStoriesOrderEnjoyFourPersonalityCreaturesCreatingPagesConnectedAngleRealisedImplicationsTextureMonstrousEntryLabyrinthCreating Something Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn't wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I'm hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it's a joy that very few people experience.” PeopleWantHardStoriesJoyWaitingEnjoyBrainMorningTruth IsBallsGolfGet UpHitting Author:Ben Hogan
“I enjoy doing autograph sessions because I'm a people-watcher. I'm the guy in the airport who likes to just sit and watch people go by. So I enjoy just meeting people and hearing their stories.” PeopleStoriesGuyEnjoyWatchesMeetingsHearingLikesAirportsSessionAutographsWatchers Author:Joey Logano
“I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes on there I'll just tell a little story about the things that happen in my everyday life. People seem to enjoy them well enough.” PeopleWritingWellsLittlesImportantSometimesEnoughStoriesSeemsHappensEnjoyFansEverydayEveryday LifeBlogs Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Our story opens in the mind of Luther L. (L for LeRoy) Fliegler, who is lying in his bed, not thinking of anything, but just aware of sounds, conscious of his own breathing, and sensitive to his own heartbeats. Lying beside him is his wife, lying on her right side and enjoying her sleep.” ThinkingMindBookStoriesLyingEnjoySoundSidesSleepWifeBedConsciousBreathingSensitiveLutherHeartbeat Book:Appointment in Samarra: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: Appointment in Samarra: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“Our life is so short that every time I see my children, I enjoy them as much as I can. Whenever I can, I enjoy my beloved, my family, my friends, my apprentices. But mainly I enjoy myself, because I am with myself all the time. Why should I spend my precious time with myself judging myself, rejecting myself, creating guilt and shame? Why should I push myself to be angry or jealous? If I don't feel good emotionally, I find out what is causing it and I fix it. Then I can recover my happiness and keep going with my story.” IfsFeelsShouldChildrenI CanStoriesFeelingsHappinessLife IsTimeEnjoyFamilyOur LivesJudgingFriendsCreatingMy FriendsMy FamilyShameAngryGuiltFeel GoodJealousyMy ChildrenBelovedKeep GoingJealousShould IGood FriendRejectingApprenticeLife Is So ShortPrecious TimeJudging Myself Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for so long, and I know that audience well. The process is no different whether I'm writing for children or adults. Really, the elements of making a good story are the same.” ThinkingKnowsWritingWellsChildrenLongDifferentStoriesKidsProcessEnjoyAudienceTeacherElementsAdultsGood Story Author:Rick Riordan