I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to…

I've been writing all these books that have been largely autobiographical and yet, really, they don't tell you anything about me. I just use…

— Bill Bryson

Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life's quest of…

— Bill Bryson

I like when they say a movie is inspired by a true story. That's kind of silly. "Hey, Mitch, did you hear that story…

— Mitch Hedberg

“A brief, well-crafted story that is relevant to your topic is one of the most potent ways to maintain the attention of your audience.…

— Bruna Martinuzzi

It's a lot more than clicking the shutter...it's the ideas, it's the visual voice, it's the telling the story, it's kind of going beyond…

— Ron Haviv

The short story is kind of a precision tool. It allows me a certain type of freedom to go in and out of the…

— David Means

“This is a story about that kind of love. The kind that ignites fast, burns bright, and brands itself into your memory, no matter…

— Paige Blaze

I started realizing that one of the great things about opera is that if you make the right kind of story, you can still…

— Tod Machover

As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first sentence, draw…

— Alan Moore

“Our story is the kind that sets emotions on fire”

— J.WOLF

A novel is like a long relationship and a short story is a brief one that lingers - it lingers powerfully and maybe more…

— Peter Orner

For my type of story and my kind of writing, I think 'Vanity Fair' is the right forum.

— Dominick Dunne

“...and memory, however sad, is the best and purest link between this world and a better. But come! I'll tell you a story of…

— Charles Dickens

If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for…

— Vin Scully

I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that people imagine, that they are…

— Cecelia Ahern