All Quotes

I like stories that affect families.
‐‐ Shepard Smith

I like stories that are not normal, everyday lives. I don't personally seek them out, but they find me.
‐‐ Katherine Moennig

I like stories that have a social impact and social attributes to them. That's the whole reason we make films: to broaden our limited view of things and to see how life is evolving elsewhere.
‐‐ Djimon Hounsou

I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.
‐‐ Viggo Mortensen

I like stories where normal people are in abnormal situations, and that's what appeals to me about history.
‐‐ James McBride

I like stories where people have to face some big demons internally. It always seems to be an element of horror, because it's pretty scary to have to face yourself and the things you're most worried about: your own abilities and your own capabilities and your own level of competence in being a hero.
‐‐ Scott Snyder

I like stories where there's a center that's mushy and complicated.
‐‐ Sarah Koenig

I like stories with a collision of disparate tones. Look at 'Shameless' or 'House of Lies'. They go from big, silly, and comedic to very real dramatic moments in the wink of an eye.
‐‐ David Nevins

I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about the past 50 years history.
‐‐ Asghar Farhadi

I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters and the story are less read, and I lose interest.
‐‐ Tayari Jones

I like strength. I depend on my own.
‐‐ Shelby Lynne

I like stripper shoes. I like being tall because I'm claustrophobic.
‐‐ Jessie J

I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
‐‐ L. J. Smith

I like strong girls, as long as they don't get snappish. And furthermore I think it important that you are good buddies and she does not get angry when you don't have your day.
‐‐ Jonathan Brandis

I like strong, strong women who don't go down without a fight. I like iconic roles. They don't come around very often, so I have to wait for them. Obviously I'm not the typical blonde who stands by the side, while the man has all the fun.
‐‐ Rose McGowan

I like strong women. I think a lot of women relate to strong characters, and a cop is still a strong character.
‐‐ Ally Walker

I like strong women. Physical women.
‐‐ Ansel Elgort

I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
‐‐ Rachel Platten

I like structure - like driving: go past the school on the street, stay on the right side, no hitting the car, go in right, you'll see a big church, stop and take a left, and you'll have it. By doing this I'm giving a structure of life, a path of light, and showing what happens between me and me, which is something very beautiful.
‐‐ Jean-Claude Van Damme

I like structuring verses, choruses, but sometimes the verses might be a tango and the choruses might be death metal.
‐‐ Daron Malakian

I like struggle.
‐‐ Hal Sparks

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.
‐‐ Ruud Gullit

I like studio movies; I love big commercial movies.
‐‐ Casey Affleck

I like studios. I just don't like bureaucracies.
‐‐ David Fincher

I like stuff designed by dead people. The old designers. They always got it right because they didn't have to grow up with computers. All of the people that made the spoon and the dishes and the vacuum cleaner didn't have microprocessors and stuff. You could do a good design back then.
‐‐ John Maeda

I like style. For Dior, I did more of a collaboration shoot, not just a single image - so there was more to it. It's a very prestigious brand. I like their style and feel like their style is mine.
‐‐ Eva Green

I like styling girls that don't normally dress in vintage clothes and don't normally wear red lipstick; I like seeing those kind of girls restyled in a retro way.
‐‐ Dita Von Teese

I like subtitles. Sometimes I wish all movies had subtitles.
‐‐ Gena Rowlands

I like sugar, be it candy, this season's pumpkin chocolate chip bars, or wine. Sugar is bad for me. It just sits on my tummy, causing my middle child Esme to ask if we are having a fourth baby. Rude!
‐‐ Alicia Coppola

I like suggesting that 'we are slaves to the objects around us,' that 'plenty should be enough,' or that the 'buyer should beware,' within the context of conventional selling space.
‐‐ Barbara Kruger

I like suits. I mean, I always feel good in a suit; I'm more of a suit guy than a shirt-and-jeans-type guy, probably. You know, like, I love Brad Goresky's style. And sometimes he'll wear a pair of, like, leopard pants, and I'm like, I couldn't pull that off, but I appreciate it from afar.
‐‐ Jesse Tyler Ferguson

I like suits that are fitted. And I usually stick to grays, whites, and blacks.
‐‐ Liam Hemsworth

I like Sultana cookies - they are so, so, so good. I think the best in the world.
‐‐ Maud Welzen

I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!
‐‐ Danielle Steel

I like sundresses with cowboy boots, little shorts with big wedge heels and a big piece of turquoise. I also love classic, Old Hollywood romantic styles. I'm 'country girl meets city girl' circa 1930.
‐‐ Kirsten Prout

I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams.
‐‐ Edward Herrmann

I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.
‐‐ Kurt Busiek

I like surfers. Their imagery, it's great.
‐‐ Ray Davies

I like surfing in Mexico a whole lot better than sitting with people in Washington that I don't even like.
‐‐ Jesse Ventura

I like surprises.
‐‐ Christopher Hitchens

I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take myself quite too seriously.
‐‐ Rachel Tucker

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.
‐‐ Brendon Urie

I like sweaters. I have a sweater obsession, I guess.
‐‐ Drake

I like switching gears. I'm kind of a chameleon.
‐‐ Adam Schlesinger

I like tackling problems that I can see making an impact on real people and real businesses immediately.
‐‐ Seth Priebatsch

I like Taiwanese food, of course. I like baguettes, especially the ones that my dad buys. Vancouver has a lot of variety, with pizza, hot dogs, Italian, Indian, seafood - a great combination of culture.
‐‐ Godfrey Gao

I like taking a character at the most intense moments of their lives and exploring all that in full and then moving on.
‐‐ Greg Iles

I like taking a path into new country, and I always take the darker path. Not because it's dark, but because there's a secret there that you can share when you get out. That's what I liked as a kid. That's how I approach my work. With a face like mine, it's lucky I have a heart that likes that.
‐‐ Amanda Plummer

I like taking genres and subverting them. I did that with 'In the Valley of Elah.' I said, 'Okay, this is just a murder mystery. Relax.' And then, two thirds of the way through, I broke every convention of a murder mystery.
‐‐ Paul Haggis