And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.
When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the campers a bedtime story or devotional, I would tell them a rapture story.
I get verbal diarrhea in the writers' room. I just tell everyone a million anecdotes and stories and craziness, and we all double up on the floor laughing.
You can't tell what's going to fulfill you in different stages in your life.
I think all artists have a different story to tell, and no story is the same.
Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell.
Digital technology allows us a much larger scope to tell stories that were pretty much the grounds of the literary media.
There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.
For restaurants that have a minimum gratuity charge on large groups, the IRS will now count those tips as regular wages rather than traditional tips that we are all familiar with when we dine out. Ask any server, and they will tell you that this will directly affect their day-to-day lifestyle.
All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.
Political discourse has become so rotten that it's no longer possible to tell the stench of one presidential candidate from the stink of another.
Women are 'expected' to have skinny waists yet still be voluptuous. People surrounding us tell us we need to eat but then look at us in disgust if we cross the invisible line of overeating.
I can't tell you how many times I've been writing an article only to get distracted by an email notification, either on my laptop or smartphone.
I can tell you from experience that when you get that pent-up and crazed, it can be distracting.
Fulla is the Arab world's answer to Barbie. Now, according to proponents of the clash of civilizations, Barbie and Fulla occupy these completely separate spheres. They have different interests. They have divergent values. And should they ever come in contact... well, I've got to tell you, it's just not going to be pretty.
He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune.
I'm going to tell you what my religion is. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Period. Terminato. Finito.
Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
I cannot tell you how many times I have seen the original 'Steel Magnolias' with Dolly Parton and Sally Field and Julia Roberts.
I just tell people I'm a dolphin trainer. It's better for everyone.