Quotes about Stories Dreams

I'll often dream about characters before I start writing their stories. Votes: 1

I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams. Votes: 1

Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations. Votes: 1

There was a time when fire and story would fall asleep in unison. It was dream time. Votes: 1

If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story. Votes: 1

Fairy tales read before bed tend to make me dream. They're all quite violent stories, as are my dreams. Votes: 1

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire. Votes: 1

I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams. Votes: 1

A Midsummer Night's Dream' is one of George Balanchine's greatest creations - and one of the greatest of all story ballets. Votes: 1

We're special because dreams that are impossible anywhere else, come true here. That's not just my story. That's your story. That's our story. Votes: 1

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: 1

A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in the fictional dream. Votes: 1

The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars. Votes: 1

Artists and writers have to deal with the element that makes the real real and the dream real while you are dreaming it. That's where stories and poems get their power. Votes: 1

What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. Votes: 1

My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.' Votes: 1

I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope, go anywhere I pleased any time I pleased, fight any foe, win or lose, live or die. My stories created a safe experimental learning place. Votes: 1

I began my career creating art for an animated feature film, and it has been a life-long dream to tell some of the story of my own life - the story behind my art - through the medium of motion pictures. Votes: 1

My dad would tell me bedtime stories, and he used to always leave them open-ended and finish at a crucial point with the words, 'dream on'. Then it was my responsibility to finish the story as I was drifting off to sleep. We would call them dreaming stories. Votes: 1

As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's dream. Because it is a dream, there are so many contradictions and I have to adjust them to make the story work. But, in principle, the original dream does not change. Votes: 1

Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer... Votes: 0

Stories, like conjuring tricks, are invented because history is inadequate for our dreams. Votes: 0

Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams Votes: 0

The brain stays up all night telling stories while we sleep. We just call them dreams. Votes: 0

Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived. Votes: 0

Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer, and each dreamer has his own folds to open and knots to untie. Votes: 0

Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves. Votes: 0

When I give speeches at college, I don't tell stories, I talk about what it is to live your dreams and take the path less traveled. Votes: 0

I love the idea of being part of a campaign that captures the spirit of New York and the stories of women here, passionate about their dreams. Votes: 0

I like the way dreams present themselves as words and images that are trying to get your attention using your model-making brain's ability to make up stories. 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

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

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams Votes: 0