I look for stories everywhere.

I enjoy looking beyond the obvious and look at the stories happening all around me - you kind of formulate things in your mind…

— Imtiaz Ali

While choosing shows, I look at stories and the concept, and that has to be different.

— Kratika Sengar

I look for stories that are different because that is how I will grow as a performer.

— Vicky Kaushal

I always look for stories that really try to tell the world that I see, a world that values and is full, in fact,…

— Connie Nielsen

The way I look at stories is often from far outside, like a god's point of view, and also very, very subjective.

— Hiro Murai

In hunting ideas for books, I look for stories about long-past events that once commanded the world's attention but that, for one reason or…

— Erik Larson

I usually look for stories with barriers to entry, something complex enough that no one else is going to do it.

— Erik Larson

I want us to all look at ourselves and look at our stories. It doesn't matter where you come from or what journeys you've…

— Diane Guerrero

“I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not because he…

— Anthony Trollope

“She is both the bookends and the stories between.”

— Kirk Diedrich

Fans are always asking me where I get my ideas from. The answer is that I'm very curious, and I get inspiration from everywhere.…

— Tess Gerritsen

Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.

— Chuck Palahniuk

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls.

— John Berger

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

— Trudi Canavan

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.

— Tim Vine