Good story Quotes

A good story never dies.

— Roberta Williams

Why ruin a good story with the truth?

— Woody Allen

The best defense is a good story.

— Frederick Busch

“No good story is quite true.”

— Leslie Stephen

It's no sin to tell a good story.

— Steven Heighton

It's always good to have a story arch.

— Margot Robbie

“Leave a good story.”

— Aramis Barron

I go wherever the good story is.

— Julia Garner

A good story isn't preachy; a good story is always entertaining.

— Zal Batmanglij

A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.

— O. Henry

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

— David Eddings

It's a terrible thing that your life turns into a good story.

— Salman Rushdie

Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.

— Mark Twain

For me, the first thing is to tell a good story.

— Lynn Nottage

“What doesn't kill you makes a good story.”

— Mary Morony

If there is a good story, I will take it up.

— Mohit Raina

If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.

— Garret Dillahunt

I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I…

— George Clooney

“A good story defies the reader's expectations, and in doing so, brings them satisfaction.”

— Thomas Maltman

What you realize hanging out with investigative reporters is that, while they may be personally liberal, they don't let that get in…

— Steve Bannon

Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.

— Frank Spotnitz

The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time…

— John le Carre

There were certainly some people who wanted me to do a feel-good story that affirmed a lot of very commonly held beliefs.

— Adrian Tomine

Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good…

— Donald Miller

You have the hilarity and the great production. These films are distinctive because they are not just topical, they tell good stories…

— John Leguizamo

A movie can and should have some real dissonance throughout - rage, heartache, tears, conflict, catharsis and all the other elements Aristotle…

— Josh Radnor

I have heard a good story of Charles Fox. When his house was on fire, he found all efforts to save it…

— Robert Southey

I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at…

— Andy Serkis

And once you live a good story, you get a taste for a kind of meaning in life, and you can't go…

— Donald Miller

“After writing a story I was always empty and both sad and happy, as though I had made love, and I was…

— Ernest Hemingway

I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I…

— Gil Scott-Heron

Without the silence that follows the chants, you get only half the story. It's like the climax of a good story. The…

— Deva Premal

How does it happen that a writer who's not even very good - and I can say that, I've read four or…

— Stephen King

Writing about real stuff that really concerned me brought out my craft. If you're writing a story about, 'Is Lois Lane gonna…

— Dennis O'Neil

Books can make a difference in dispelling prejudice and building community: not with role models and recipes, not with noble messages about…

— Hazel Rochman

I get up in front of a bunch of kids and say 'Hey, I'm gonna tell you a new story. Who wants…

— Robert Munsch

I think a lot of times it just looks like Hollywood actors in Halloween costumes, you know? And I think what we’re…

— Miles Teller

There are so many different ways to make art. And so many good stories. You don't have to have a budget. I…

— Amandla Stenberg

The anti-hero or hero usually has a journey or quest so they are interesting as you find out what's going to happen,…

— Keanu Reeves

I usually make up stories for my kids.I like to tell them stories and make up any kind of crazy to involve…

— Angelina Jolie