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The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.'

I've never ever read a script. I really must read Macbeth, because I was in it once. I got a lot of laughs in that, I can tell you.

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

If you ask me if I think I will be sober in 24 hours time I can say yes, but in two years I can't tell you. I could be dead.

I tell people, if you really want me to look that good, why don't you cough up about $2 million more and hire Alec or Billy? If you want me to do it, this is what you get.

It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story.

I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.

I'm very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, this is the time to invest. There's so much opportunity. Let's just invest in that opportunity, and really get after it.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone.

I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.

I can't tell a lie - not even when I hear one.

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.

There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.

A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend - and he's a priest.

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.

I don't tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.

You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe - you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.

Let me tell you what the Cain Doctrine would be, as it relates to Israel if I were president. You mess with Israel, you are messing with the United States of America!

I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.

Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever.

They also explained how the sensors can monitor the levels of acetone on people's breath, and this can be used to tell people who suffer from diabetes when their next insulin shot is due. This is a more discreet method than what is currently on the market.

Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one.

It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.

But I tell you, I would really be interested if there was a partner we could take in, that could put them over here on the side, that would allow us full leverage and access down the road.

When times are difficult, I tell myself, 'I'm just passing through.'

Because I would just tell everyone it was going to be great and just put that belief in them.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

I'm happy to tell you that my debt is retired. That happened because I got a good financial adviser.

My mom used to tell me: 'It's not what you weigh; it's what you look like.'

Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will.

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

That's what Hubble can do for us. It can tell us whether the universe is expanding forever or if one day it's going to come back together.

You can always tell a novice rider; they aren't comfortable in the saddle and have to hang on.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

I often try to tell kids to think about all the people who love you, don't cry over the one person who doesn't.

I don't write that much horror. People tell me my books are scary, but they're not really; I don't go there.

The App Store has democratized the creation of content. As a 12-year-old kid, I was able to put my application on the store. No one knows who's behind the screen so you can't tell I'm a 12-year-old.

Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know.

What I've realized is that a film operates both on the intellectual and emotional levels, and if you can find a way to tell a riveting story and draw ideas out of that, it's very powerful.

I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it.

Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.

I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.

Ring up your parents and ring up your kids and tell them that you love them.

I'll just tell you the way it is. You ask me what time it is and I'm gonna tell you how to build a clock.

Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is.

There are some movie stars in Hollywood that are so scared, they also tell the reporter that they are recording them, in case there is something wrong with what they wrote about them in the papers.

Friends are very understanding when you tell them in April that you can see them next September, but there is a limit to how long you can go on like that.

I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.

When I make movies, I don't ever go out there to please anyone other than myself. I never try to make a film for the masses. I just try to tell my story.

I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something about it, at whatever level.

Sometimes it's easier to show than it is to tell.

I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.

I can't tell you how hard I worked the last year. In fact, I worked so hard that I know I can't maintain that same work level in 2001, so I've got to quit something.

To tell you the truth, it's a complex piece, so I can't really answer your question at present.

Be unpredictable, be real, be interesting. Tell a good story.

I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.

The marvelous thing about 'Doctor Who' is that it tells stories that no one else can tell.

I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things.

Tell the truth, but tell it slant.

Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.