I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.
People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth.
As I got farther and farther along in the series I did less and less preparation. I didn't use outlines or sketches. I just had a vague idea of what I wanted to tell and then the dialogue just came to me as I was inking the page.
One thing I wasn't quite aware of is that when you are extremely outnumbered by a lot of girls, and they become comfortable, it is outrageous what kind of stories they tell behind closed doors.
My style is colloquial storytelling. It's the way we tell stories to one another - it's not writerly, it's not overdone.
I tell my engineers that they should not overload me with information.
Nobody is going to tell me Marshawn Lynch can't run. He's strong as an ox.
FDR, as best as I can tell, had no kind of involvement at all in our conversion to the paper currency.
A policeman must know everything - and not tell. He must know where all the sin is and not partake.
Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so.
I'm a perfect person to tell people not to give up.
What I can't tell is, I don't know if there's a subliminal resistance to the idea of a sequel to 'The Phantom of the Opera' anyway.
If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again.
Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.
I used to call him Pinocchio on the sets. Pinocchio's nose would turn red if he lied. Aamir would turn red-faced if he had to tell a lie.
Right now we're working on finishing up Pirates! for the Xbox, we're developing Civilization IV and we've got a couple other games in development that we'll tell you about soon.
You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.
I can always tell when people have had plastic surgery.
I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.