Quotes about Adventure Stories

Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand ourselves and our surroundings. Votes: 4

For English assignments I was constantly coming up with these strange adventure stories... But I actually wanted to be an artist, or maybe work in the comic book industry. Votes: 4

I've always loved adventure stories that involve brilliant kids using their brains to beat systems that seem unbeatable. Votes: 3

The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy / adventure stories that I have read. This is a book no one should miss. Votes: 3

I like to write adventure stories; that's what I tell myself. But you can't help letting your own personality, your own experiences, slip through. Votes: 3

I'm extremely surprised to learn that a story, which has become familiar to children through the medium of comic strips and many succeeding novels and adventure stories, should have had such an immediate and profound effect upon radio listeners. Votes: 3

I think the reason I'm a writer is because first, I was a reader. I loved to read. I read a lot of adventure stories and mystery books, and I have wonderful memories of my mom reading picture books aloud to me. I learned that words are powerful. Votes: 3

I get to draw what I like to draw, basically people hangin' around, and write very humanistic kinds of situations and characters. But I do also like to draw adventure stories - more in terms of drawing them than writing them - and letting my imagination go wild. Votes: 3

I was the kind of kid who was always making up stories and adventures. Votes: 2

When I started writing 'Luck in the Shadows,' I just wanted to create an adventure story. Votes: 2

Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal. Votes: 2

I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand. Votes: 2

My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore. Votes: 2

Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived. Votes: 2

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together. Votes: 2

My best advice for writers is: Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly - all these make for great stories. Votes: 2

Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse. Votes: 2

Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is the best movie for a guy like me. A cerebral adventure. A moving story. A bunch of little green men. Votes: 2

My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few. Votes: 2

No one has really heard my side of the story, the adventure we had together, the transformation that I had going from a schoolgirl to a woman overnight. Votes: 2

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms. Votes: 2

I've been under the spell of the North ever since my childhood in Alaska. More and more, I've been returning to Alaska, and sometimes my adventures inspire a story. Votes: 2

An adventure game is nothing more than a good story set with engaging puzzles that fit seamlessly in with the story and the characters, and looks and sounds beautiful. Votes: 2

I like the 'Blackwell' adventure games, and I'm fond of some of Telltale's games, like 'Hector' and 'Puzzle Agent' - simple stories, but fun. I thought 'Heavy Rain' was amazing. Votes: 2

And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavoured to tell just the story of the adventure itself. Votes: 2

Adventure books are my personal favorites. 'The Endurance,' a story about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctica expedition, or 'Into Thin Air,' Jon Krakauer's personal account of the 1996 disaster on Mt Everest, are two notables. Votes: 2

I love the adventure of telling all types of stories and trying to conquer each one. Votes: 0

We live vicariously through stories, because our own lives provide so few opportunities for high-stakes adventure and noble sacrifice. Votes: 0

For me, writing stories set, well, wherever they're best set, is a form of cultural curiosity that is uniquely Scottish - we're famous for travelling in search of adventure. Votes: 0