Everybody has those stories that make them wince when they think about them silently. But as soon as you tell that story, it becomes a little bit less cringe-inducing.

- Aisha Tyler

I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.

- Anna Deavere Smith

One day, I discovered that a couple of people had written 'fanfic' - stories of their own based on my characters. Just the thought of people thinking that hard and deeply about something I've written is incredible.

- Ann Leckie

I suspect that we get used to particular sorts of stories being presented in particular sorts of ways, and we're so used to interpreting them and understanding what it is they're doing that we think of those forms and styles as faithful, complete depictions of reality.

- Ann Leckie

I've seen music and songs used in stories, and while sometimes it works really well, often it doesn't.

- Ann Leckie

A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.

- Anderson Cooper

I have a great fondness for the liars in my stories.

- Alice McDermott

I don't know how, where, and why the idea for 'Defending Your Life' began; the idea had been bouncing around for a while. Stories like that sort of have to bounce. They don't come out of nowhere. I went through my own period of life with sort of everything turning upside down, and wondering, 'Why is it this way?'

- Albert Brooks

There is always a reason why, and I need to tell the stories.

- Alber Elbaz

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

- Alan Ball

My son says I never tell stories about anyone who's living.

- Alan King

In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.

- Aimee Mullins

All my stories take place on the West Coast - not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that.

- Adrian Tomine

I'm always a little apprehensive about 'decoding' fictional stories.

- Adrian Tomine

The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.

- Adam Hamilton

You always read stories of people going out to California and making it as an actor with, like, two dollars, so I figured I'd try it.

- Adam Driver

Big stories need human stakes.

- Aaron Swartz

I tell the stories that are of interest to me.

- Ava DuVernay

Time is what allows stories to spread into people's consciousness.

- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I like it when stories are left open.

- Alan Rickman