I'm just a story teller.
Doris Lessing
Recitation: by Male by Female
I admit to occasionally sharing the financial hysteria of the rest of the country, the urgency to save more for the family in case you can't write any more.
Jim Harrison
FamilyRestFinancialYouCountry
Narrative has been part of human consciousness for a long time. And if it has played a part in all those thousands of years, it will know a trick or two. It will be wise. It will be mischievous. It will be helpful. It will be generous.
Jim Crace
TimeWiseLongKnowLong TimeWill
It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.
Joel Kinnaman
TimeGoScaryStageUpUsed
Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.
Robert Redford
LifeNatureSportsFishingYourself
I've never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I'm a good person. I believe I'm a good mom. But that's for my kids to decide, not for the world.
Angelina Jolie
LifeGoodMomOpinionWorldBelieve
I had to pinch myself. I got the call and didn't expect it. And right up 'til nearly the end of filming, I was thinking, 'Am I actually doing a film with Akshay Kumar?' because I was a massive Akshay Kumar fan before, and the first film that I ever watched was his and Katrina's film, 'Namastey London.'
Amy Jackson
MyselfThinkingEndDoingLondonUp
I am a voracious reader, so it's difficult for me to give a list of my favourite authors of all time.
Amish Tripathi
TimeI AmMeDifficultGiveAuthors
Honestly, what I have the most fun with, I just hang out with my cat, and I go online, and I talk to my followers, and I have real conversations with them.
Michelle Phan
FunGoTalkRealOutCat
I don't find the life in Hollywood all that meaningful or inspiring.
Michael Sheen
LifeFindHollywoodMeaningful
No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good?
Michael Moore
GoodDecisionsQuestionAskingMade
I don't think we have to have a personal relation to a life lost to understand that something terrible has taken place, especially in the context of war.
Judith Butler
LifeWarThinkPlaceLostPersonal
I think there are people who are born storytellers. I think of someone like T. C. Boyle or Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I think really, without putting any pejorative on it, they're like carnival barkers, 'Come into the tent, and I'll tell you this story.'
David Shields
PeopleStoryThinkSomeoneYouBorn
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