True Story Quotes - Page 5

• I think it's really healing to see movies that are based on true stories. It builds so much more compassion and empathy.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Healing, Thinking, Compassion

  "Vanessa Hudgens Talks GIMME SHELTER, Stepping Outside of Her Comfort Zone, Preparing for the Role, THE KITCHEN SINK, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 21, 2014.

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• In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.

  Uwe Boll

  Revenge, Stories, Alive

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• All true stories end in death.

  Matthew Woodring Stover

  Stories, Ends

  Matthew Woodring Stover (2008). “Blade of Tyshalle”, p.506, Del Rey

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• Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to yourself. Which calls for details; any good lie does.

  Anne Tyler

  Lying, Writing, Trying

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• The first casualty in any war is the truth. In World War II, I was part of a group of people who used to meet once a week with the sole purpose of analyzing the news and trying to work out what we weren't being told. We thought that we were clever, but we had absolutely no idea what was really going on. It was only years later that we learned the true story.

  Doris Lessing

  Clever, War, People

  Source: progressive.org

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• I love horror movies and I love being scared, but I don't like them, if they're not based on a true story. It's like knowing how the sausage is made.

  Olivia Munn

  Love Is, Knowing, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• I've noticed that most authors who are pastors or speakers write books whose message is derived from a sermon series they did at their church. I guess my process is similar except that instead of a sermon, the genesis of the idea is found in the form of a three-minute song. And many of my songs have been inspired by the true stories and testimonies of people who've written to me from all over the world.

  Matthew West

  Song, Book, Writing

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• One of my favorite episodes in West Wing was the homeless man that died and they found, in the overcoat he was wearing, a card of the speechwriter, Toby. He had given that coat to the Goodwill and this guy had ended up wearing it, died in it and Toby went to his funeral. He turned out to be a Korean war veteran. It was our first Christmas episode and that was a true story - a member of the staff had done exactly that. So many of these stories were far better than any fiction.

  Martin Sheen

  War, Men, Funeral

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• Odds are you’re going to like this lively spin on the true story of six MIT mathletes who broke the Vegas Bank. It’s a kick to watch Kevin Spacey and a gifted young cast use smarts to deal audiences a winning hand.

  Peter Travers

  Smart, Winning, Vegas

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• Money is the driving force of Hand to Mouth, the lack of money, and all those true stories about strange things in The Red Notebook, coincidences and unlikely events, surprise, the unexpected.

  Paul Auster

  Notebook, Hands, Events

  Interview with Nathalie Cochoy and Sophie Vallas, transatlantica.revues.org. March 2014.

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• If you think of the typical Herbalife distributor and their level of sophistication, to this day I still don't understand the marketing plan - true story.

  Bill Ackman

  Thinking, Marketing, Typical

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• "Based on a true story" is a come-on, the aesthetic equivalent of "no loan request refused." For, at best, the creator has fashioned a film based on his understanding of, interpretation of, and reduction of the report of an actual occurrence.

  David Mamet

  Understanding, Stories, Film

  David Mamet (2008). “Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business”, p.154, Vintage

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• I was working on a satirical novel about a charismatic preacher who takes over a small Indiana town. Then I remembered Jim Jones was from Indiana and Googled him. I learned that the FBI had recently released all the documents that agents collected from Jonestown after the massacre - over 50,000 pieces of paper and almost 1,000 audio tapes. I started reading the files and couldn't tear myself away; I find "true" stories inherently more powerful than fiction.

  Julia Scheeres

  Powerful, Reading, Tears

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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