Quotes about Life Stories

Our life stories are largely constructed and without mindfulness can prove destructive. Votes: 3

Our life stories are at one and the same time reality, fallacy and fantasy... Votes: 3

Ive seen Fried Green Tomatoes too many times. I love life stories told in flashback. Votes: 3

I've seen 'Fried Green Tomatoes' too many times. I love life stories told in flashback. Votes: 3

In the era of big brains, life stories could end up any which way. Look at mine. Votes: 3

Sometimes I feel like relationships consist of telling your same life stories to different people until someone finally appreciates them. Votes: 3

There are many animation films out there for teens, tweens and family but there are not that many real life stories. Votes: 3

I draw inspiration from anything and everybody and that's what country music is to me... real life stories and real life emotions. Votes: 3

Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences. Votes: 3

I don't believe in fairies floating around, and I don't believe in telepathy, but there are things I want to say that just simple real-life stories don't let me say. Votes: 3

As much as I do love real-life stories they can often make you hurt in a way I'd rather not hurt. . . . For some reason, it's always the pain that gets you. Votes: 3

'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is where I feel my job is, to interpret life. Votes: 3

I can't write my life story without Emmitt and Troy. They can't write their life stories without me. We're tied together forever. This is a day to remember for the rest of our lives. Votes: 3

Stories have inspired me all my life. I like reading about what other people have done and it inspires me to share my own stories, and encourage people to make their own life stories. Votes: 3

With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean we can make complicated, beautifully crafted and cinematic films about real-life stories. Votes: 3

I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life stories of the audience alter how they receive the work, what they read into the performer. Votes: 3

Anytime you share life stories with other people, you know, you are acknowledging their humanity and kind of accessing some things about yourself, and other people start to expect things about themselves. It's kind of like a fellowship. Votes: 3

The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions. Votes: 3

We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand. Votes: 3

So yes I know how angry, or naive, or self-destructive, or messed up, or even deluded I sound weaving my way through these life stories at times. But beautiful things. Graceful things. Hopeful things can sometimes appear in dark places. Votes: 3

I began to encounter real-life stories of dogs protecting their wounded or dying or dead handler... or dogs refusing to leave the bodies of the people they were bonded to, sitting in cemeteries for days or sometimes weeks. You find these stories endlessly. Votes: 3

It's hard to find really original, compelling works of fiction, for women especially. I find that these true life stories about these women that I'm so blessed to play are some of the most compelling stories, and the truth is stranger than fiction. Votes: 3

We read literature for a lot of reasons, but two of the most compelling ones are to get out of ourselves and our life stories and "“ equally important "“ to find ourselves by understanding our own life stories more clearly in the context of others. Votes: 3

We must keep in mind that only a part of memory can be translated into the language-based packets of information people use to tell their life stories to others. Learning to be open to many layers of communication is a fundamental part of getting to know another person's life. Votes: 3

Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories with rather simple melodies that the average person can follow. Country music should speak directly and simply about the highs and lows of life. Something that anyone can relate to. Votes: 3

Life is too short for a long story. Votes: 1

A story about my life would be utterly dull. Votes: 1

I'm just basically telling a story of my life. Votes: 1

My autobiography was simply the story of my life. Votes: 1

I'm a minor player in my own life story. Votes: 1

Must I tell the story of my life again? Votes: 1

I told my whole life story in my book. Votes: 1

Puffball' is a love story... no, it's a life story. Votes: 1

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. Votes: 1

My whole life story is kind of a backhanded compliment. Votes: 1

Good and bad - this is the story of my life. Votes: 1

If you're going to tell stories about life, you have to include a woman in your story. Votes: 1

The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye. Votes: 1

I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I've done it my whole life. Votes: 1

I don't feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories. Votes: 1

We're not keen on the idea of the story sharing its valence with the reader. But the reader's own life 'outside' the story changes the story. Votes: 1

Farscape' is a story about family. It's a story about creating life in a harsh environment. That's what a lot of people relate to in the story. Votes: 1

The statistics of life out there and the statistics of intelligent beings and advanced civilization is a certainty, the way I look at it. that It has not been accepted, because we've been in an anthropocentric era. Votes: 1

The stories of wine lords who trade wine on intimidation or food critics who trade free meals for reviews... those are the stories of my life. I am telling the stories of my life in a true way. Votes: 1

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there. Votes: 1

Life will be empty without great stories to read. Votes: 0

In my family, telling stories is just a way of life. Votes: 0

Mike Tyson's life is one of the most amazing American stories. Votes: 0

I love writing stories about regular people dealing with life's biggest questions. Votes: 0

Like life itself my stories have no point and get absolutely nowhere. Votes: 0

Stories have the ability to take us inside all kinds of life. Votes: 0

That's what art is. You don't make up stories. You live your life. Votes: 0

Telling stories on behalf of brands is what I've done all my life. Votes: 0

Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life. Votes: 0

I don't need any more stories. I have enough stories. I need a life. Votes: 0

We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell. Votes: 0

The stories you believe to be true are the ones your life will become. Votes: 0

I want to write stories that don't help you escape life, but embrace life. Votes: 0

Things in life have no real beginning, though our stories about them always do. Votes: 0

After adolescence, if one's life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes. Votes: 0

If you read stories, you find the strength, faith and hope to survive everyday life. Votes: 0

The recounting of a life is a cheat...even our own stories are obscenely distorted... Votes: 0

There are two stories for every life; the one you live & the one others tell Votes: 0

Life consists of books. All experiences are stories to be told and must be written. Votes: 0

More than simply capturing brief moments in time, MixBit helps people bring stories to life. Votes: 0

When you're as famous as I am, stories take on a life of their own. Votes: 0

Literature is the province of imagination, and stories, in whatever guise, are meditations on life. Votes: 0

Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life. Votes: 0

Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different. Votes: 0

I would never write stories with only despair and defeat and the dark side of life. Votes: 0

The genres change but all of my stories feature ordinary people thrown into frightening, life-altering situations. Votes: 0

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film Votes: 0

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film. Votes: 0

Certain stories that you want to see resolve in certain ways are, and some aren't, but that's life. Votes: 0

Something about your life always makes its way into your stories. Thats just the nature of the beast. Votes: 0

I'm a hopeless romantic. I consider myself a realistic person who usually finds stories from real life people. Votes: 0

Stories are one of the greatest gifts we can give to our children. Stories are equipment for life. Votes: 0

At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books. Votes: 0

I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people. Votes: 0

She smiled. "Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories. Good night, my dear Nao. Votes: 0

These stories always take us to some far away places which we can never visit in real life. Votes: 0

I love stories that frame that: This is what life is about - you don't have a clue. Votes: 0

Something about your life always makes its way into your stories. That's just the nature of the beast. Votes: 0

All my life I've been interested in other people's stories. I wanted to know them, understand them, feel them. Votes: 0

The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death. Votes: 0

Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life. Votes: 0

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories. Votes: 0

Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death. Votes: 0

Sometimes I make my life a living hell by writing complex stories with complex characters. But I love it. Votes: 0

Trace Adkins doesn't talk too much, but when he does he's got great stories. He's lived a great life. Votes: 0

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor. Votes: 0

Violence is a part of the world and life, and you shouldnt have to take it out of stories. Votes: 0

Violence is a part of the world and life, and you shouldn't have to take it out of stories. Votes: 0

I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own. Votes: 0

You can't regret a whole period in your life. . . . It's part of who you are, one of your stories. Votes: 0

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century. Votes: 0

In this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were very nearly irrelevant. Votes: 0

Thats beautiful! Sad and beautiful," murmured Meggie. Why were sad stories often so beautiful? It was different in real life. Votes: 0

Life will go on as long as there is someone to sing, to dance, to tell stories and to listen. Votes: 0

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life. Votes: 0

Among the tortures and devestations of life is this then - our friends are not able to finish their stories. Votes: 0

The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries. Votes: 0

You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems. Votes: 0

Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all kinds of things. Votes: 0

I don't claim to have led a saintly life. There have been a lot of one-sided love stories in my life. Votes: 0

You ought to the read stories of how people have endured worst situation. You will find the strength to survive life. Votes: 0

"When in your life were you the most challenged?" I love to hear stories of adversity and how people overcome them. Votes: 0

When you are gestating, you feel full of life, you feel full of joy, you feel full of fantasy, of stories. Votes: 0

Life is the greatest author of us all, for it writes the very best and very worst of all tales & stories... Votes: 0

Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still so many stories to be told. Votes: 0

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue. Votes: 0

I wrote to explain my own life to myself, stories are the vessels I use to interpret the world to myself. Votes: 0

Stories are one thing that will be constant in life. Whether told, written, reenacted they are a fundamental part of human nature. Votes: 0

I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation. Votes: 0

I'm inspired by almost everything I come across in life, and one way or another they find themselves sneaking into my stories. Votes: 0

Our stories remind us how precious and fragile life can be-- and that we must risk our hearts everyday to know happiness. Votes: 0

Someone once told me that the most dynamic actors are people who have stories. People who have lived life. People with experiences. Votes: 0

You ought to the read stories of how people have endured the worst situation. You will find the strength to survive life. Votes: 0

Bedtime stories were definitely a big part of my life because I was just so excited my father was talking to me. Votes: 0

I've gone through a lot of stuff in my life so far. There are stories I haven't really been able to tell. Votes: 0

I'm just singing about my own life. Singing about all the little stories in my life and the things I've been through. Votes: 0

Fossils have richer stories to tell - about the lub-dub of dinosaur life - than we have been willing to listen to. Votes: 0

Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life. Votes: 0

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact. Votes: 0

Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories Votes: 0

I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head. Votes: 0

Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out. Votes: 0

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next. Votes: 0

Stories of absurd events in life get my creative juices flowing and have so far given birth to some of my best ideas. Votes: 0

I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a life. Votes: 0

I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life. Votes: 0

And as he spoke, I was thinking, 'the kind of stories that people turn life into, the kind of lives people turn stories into. Votes: 0

By removing the stories from the morass of things that surround us, I'm hoping to achieve some kind of purer approach to emotional life. Votes: 0

Scientists have no agreed theory of the origin of life - plenty of scenarios, conjectures and just-so stories, but nothing with solid experimental support. Votes: 0

The Moon Rabbit' is laying against the bunker, dreaming and thinking about life and dreaming the impossible possible and creating its own true stories. Votes: 0

It is a matter of life and death for married people to interrupt each others stories; for it they did not, they would burst. Votes: 0

I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from my life. Votes: 0

My life is storytelling. I believe in stories, in their incredible power to keep people alive, to keep the living alive, and the dead. Votes: 0

I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects, the life-or-death stories. Votes: 0

There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories, or songs, or images. Art delights, instructs, consoles. It educates our emotions. Votes: 0

I'm not a brain surgeon, I'm not saving anyone from any life-threatening illnesses. But I get to tell stories, and that's a pretty important task. Votes: 0

You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue. Votes: 0

Personal inspection at zero altitude. The stories come from my life - if not my own experiences, then about topics and subjects that interest me. Votes: 0

Bruce [Dern] and I are in this car just for days and days, just talking about life and I could listen to his stories forever. Votes: 0

The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in you. Votes: 0

Destiny doesn't control your life, but it does place you on a path. It's how you walk down that path that determines stories I tell. Votes: 0

My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New York. Votes: 0

To me and my kind life itself is a story and we have to tell it in stories - that is the way it falls. Votes: 0

I thought I could do that by telling stories of some of the cases that established those principles on a real life on the ground basis. Votes: 0

Certainly my personality, my sense of humor, my outlook on life was informed by the experiences of my parents and the stories they shared with me. Votes: 0

I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative. Votes: 0

Maybe there are only three kinds of stories: those we live, those we tell, and those that help our souls fly upwards to a greater life. Votes: 0

Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to. Votes: 0

You can't go wrong with major life and death stories when it comes to a competition, so I thought I'd have a go at writing one. Votes: 0

There is a big difference between storytelling and being alive. Those are the two things that I prefer in life - telling stories and being alive. Votes: 0

I don't reverberate to victimhood, probably because of my own life. I refused to become a victim myself, so it's not one of my big stories. Votes: 0

I like to do movies, because I love becoming different characters, and telling different stories through different eyes, and affecting someone's life in one way or another. Votes: 0

I love creating stories, dreaming up characters and breathing life into them. From several generations of Irish storytellers, I think that's what I was born to do. Votes: 0

Songs, stories are beyond value; they are the memory and wisdom of a people, the particular individual rivers of the sea of life which constitutes us all. Votes: 0

Ideas for stories come to me based on my life, so who knows? If somebody sends me to become an astronaut, that's what I'll end up writing. Votes: 0

Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me. Votes: 0

Hopefully life is long. Do stuff you will enjoy thinking about and telling stories about for many years to come. Do stuff you will want to brag about. Votes: 0

I know it may sound silly, but I think my short stories have a life and identity of their own. They crop up in all sorts of places. Votes: 0

Linda Svendsen's 'Marine Life' was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked. Votes: 0

I love hearing other people's stories, and I freely admit I'm scavenging for material through their conversations, but really, at the same time, I'm living an ordinary life. Votes: 0

No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to gripe over misfortune. I don't waste time looking back. Votes: 0

People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going. Votes: 0

Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next? Votes: 0

Julie Orringer is the real thing, a breathtaking chronicler of the secrets and cruelties underneath the surface of middle-class American life. These are terrific stories-wise, compassionate and haunting. Votes: 0

Though The Kite Runner was my first completed novel, I had been writing on and off for most of my life, primarily short stories, and primarily for myself. Votes: 0

Are you loving having these great iconic stories back as much as I am? 'One Life' is back in action and I love putting my 'Blair on' again. Votes: 0

…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never much cared for horror stories. Votes: 0

I love the life of objects. When the children go to bed, the objects come to life. I like to tell stories about the life of inanimate objects. Votes: 0

One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and had similar life experiences. Votes: 0

No stories or explanations,' Finnikin had once told him. 'When it comes to women, straight into an apology and you will find the rest of your life bearable. Votes: 0

Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories. I thought, 'Who's choreographing this stuff?'" Votes: 0

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories. Votes: 0

Telling stories, making them come alive is what makes me come alive. So I try to live a life where sharing this vital search of inspiration is a must. Votes: 0

Fantasy and science fiction stories are very applicable to talking to your children about the world. They tend to talk about the big questions regarding life and the universe. Votes: 0

Journalism, for me, has always been a calling. There are things that must be exposed to the light, truths that must be uncovered, stories worth risking your life for. Votes: 0

Gradually it occurred to me that we spend a great deal of life asleep and that dreams are little narratives, little stories. I thought, 'Who's choreographing this stuff?' Votes: 0

There are no beginnings, not even to stories. There are only places where you make an entrance into someone else's life and either stay or turn and go away. Votes: 0

Like Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm not afraid to deal with themes about the ups and downs of life, yet which are still entertaining, and you still feel these stories. Votes: 0

I remember at the age of six regaling my poor little sister with stories about the planets, and how far away they were and which ones might have life. Votes: 0

Stories about vicars are always being told because they're at the heart of our society. Vicars touch all parts of the community and see life in all its extremity. Votes: 0

I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories to novels. But poetry was always there. Votes: 0

This is a particular thing, you know, catholic stories of martyrs who had their head removed and then continued to be miraculous in the last moments of their life. Votes: 0

I liked to explore different arts. But when I started acting, I knew this was the medium I want to be in for the rest of my life. Stories onscreen affect me the most. Votes: 0