We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival. — Lili Taylor Copy Share Image
The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible. — Cameron Russell Copy Share Image
An autobiography is a life story. It starts when you're born and continues until the end. — Richard Hell Copy Share Image
The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle. — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
“When people stop writing down their stories, the soul the world is lost.” — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
I never wanted anything to happen to my parents, but a hero needs an origin story. — Joey Comeau Copy Share Image
We've got so many stories to tell, you know, we could take on the world. — Yahoo Serious Copy Share Image
I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply "there is a book. — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they… — Theresa Breslin Copy Share Image
I never, ever have seen media this way. It's almost indescribable. Making up stories, refusing to run real stories. It's making themselves… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
You are. I'm just fatalistically cheerful. We all come into the story halfway through, we all catch up as best we can,… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after the first light as possible.… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Seriously, the Olympic badminton players were apparently trying to lose on purpose, a big story. But really, think about it, if you… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Eventually, I came to believe, stupidly, that I had exhausted that story's "original" form with its single use. I went on to… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
By ignoring a lot of American culture you can write more interesting stories. Unfortunately, if you were writing about America as it… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
You can do weird things on TV - there are happy stories, sad stories, dark stories. But with a movie, it always… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
You know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Jay-Z is more naturally gifted. He didn't depend as much as 50 did on his personal story. Jay-Z has a great story,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I'll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You know what is good about these Dixie Chicks burnings or bashings? It's a wonderful, wonderful way for really stupid people to… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
I believe in fiction and the power of stories because that way we speak in tongues. We are not silenced. All of… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Think of all the stories you've heard, Bast. You have a young boy, the hero. His parents are killed he sets out… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
If a carpenter makes a chair that's comfortable for the person who's going to sit in it, he's done his job. If… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
