Richard Denney famous quotes

Authors do not choose a story to write, the story chooses us.
-- Richard Denney

#Writing #Stories

I pity the people who don't like to read, because then they spend their whole lives stuck in this one world and don't get to discover any others.
-- Richard Denney

#People #World #Pity

I believe that everyone should have a dream and believe in it. Make it real, bring it to life. You'll never regret trying. Trying is what strengthens your heart and delivers courage. Once you believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
-- Richard Denney

#Dream #Regret #Real

Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.
-- Richard Denney

#Book #Way #Needs

A book series is never truly over. The story lives on, even when the final page has been turned.
-- Richard Denney

#Book #Pages #Finals

This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.

Back in the days when American billboard advertising was in flower [said Hemingway], there were two slogans that I always rated above all others: the old Cremo Cigar ad that proclaimed, Spit Is a Horrid Word-but Worse on the end of Your Cigar, and Drink Schlitz in Brown Bottles and Avoid that Skunk Taste. You don't get creative writing like that any more.

I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

I can write better than anyone who can write faster,

STORIES WE TELL is one of the boldest and most exciting films I’ve seen in the last six months, and the kind of experience that has the power to alter your perception of the world.

Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.

Every shrink knows that it's not the event itself but how you respond to it that tells the story. Take ten assorted individuals, expose them all to the same life trial, and they will each suffuse it with exquisite personal detail and meaning.

It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

What's so great about television. You're able to tell a long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.