I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a…

I used to tell really boring stories as a child, about my toy panda's nose falling off, or something equally dull.

— Charlotte Ritchie

I was very fond of strange stories when I was a child.

— Wu Cheng'en

“People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real. If that's the case, what does it matter whether people in…

— Brandon Sanderson

I started writing stories as a child.

— Danielle Steel

“It isn't about knowing the most stories, child. It is about carrying the ones that are most important and passing them along.”

— Ishmael Beah

I have written stories since I was a child.

— Rachel Joyce

Told a lot of stories as a child. Not 'Once upon a time' stories but, basically, outright lies. I loved lying and getting away…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr. Seuss and 'Go, Dog. Go!,'…

— Jon Scieszka

The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.

— Judy Blume

As I get older I find myself thinking about stories more and more before I work so that by the time I eventually sit…

— Chris Ware

I spend a lot of time thinking of stories and reading and that's where my creativity comes from.

— Mukul Dev

I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.

— Samantha Shannon

Sometimes the way comes later, when I'm not working or thinking about it at all. When stories don't work, you try to convince yourself…

— Mary J. Miller

My process is thinking, thinking and thinking - thinking about my stories for a long time.

— Hayao Miyazaki

We should have stories in common, I found myself thinking. We should have stories, and jokes no one understands, and memories that we know…

— Kamila Shamsie