Rather than saying people aren't interested when things don't take off, you should take it on yourself to say, 'I'm not doing a great job of telling the story in a way that makes it interesting.
Why is everyone telling me to do it? I already did it.
Stop telling women to smile.
There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth.
A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.
Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.
But the moment the politicians start saying they are in denial of what the scientists are telling them, of what the consensus of scientific experiments demonstrates, that is the beginning of the end of an informed democracy.
A lot of girls walk this earth telling people they've slept with me. And a lot of them did. But I don't remember 95 percent of them.
Today, the L. A. Times accused Arnold Schwarzenegger of groping six women. I'm telling ya, this guy is presidential material.
If I only had 24 hours to live, I would spend the time telling everybody I love that I love them.
I was desperate on Coming To America set - not to buy drugs or anything, but I had a person at home, a girlfriend who's telling you, "You're out the bills and food. You need this, you need that. And you either get it, or don't come back. " That was me.
A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa.
I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it.
Conservatives want to be your daddy, telling you what to do and what not to do. Liberals want to be your mommy, feeding you, tucking you in, and wiping your nose. Libertarians want to treat you as an adult.
Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
I think people still have a need for miracles. Science keeps telling them there's no life on Mars, there's no God, nothing's trailing Hale-Bopp, those people are just dead in their Nikes. But they want to believe in something.
Stop telling yourself that dreams don't matter, that they are only dreams and that you should be more sensible.
I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories.
People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least you get the soap. In this campaign, you just get two guys telling you they really value cleanliness.
One always imagines that the days that change one’s life must be marked with something extraordinary in nature—storms and lightning, darkness at noon, and so on. In truth they are indistinguishable from any other, which is one reason we feel mocked, as if the world is telling us we are inconsequential.