Humans like those stories because in the real world the…

Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That's why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog.

— Grace Paley

Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret…

— Sara Sheridan

I want to tell good stories, real stories with a message and I want to play meaty characters that drive the story.

— Tripti Dimri

We're looking for stories that speak to us. We're looking for stories that connect us with something true. But, instead, a lot of the…

— Katherine Center

I like when characters suffer in stories because that's real life and that's what we all go through.

— Finn Cole

“Stand behind the stories that are real, not just reel.”

— Chintha Sai Bhargav Reddy

I mean this is not like a very dry political book. This is - it was a very quick and entertaining and interesting read…

— Eleanor Smeal

For me, as a documentary filmmaker, I'm interested in telling stories of real people whose experiences tell us something about ourselves or our history,…

— Kristi Jacobson

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

— Adepero Oduye

I've had my best experience as a filmmaker with true stories about real people and real cultures.

— Niki Caro

“People have always wanted to in some way inhabit the stories that move them. The only real variable is whether technology gives them that…

— Frank Rose

“I’m not convinced that stories from real life have beginnings and ends, as a matter of fact. Approach them from any vantage point and…

— Sophie Hannah

There are some people who believe that these are not real stories with real people, but they actually are.

— Samantha Bee

Stories that are real, that create you, rather than be created by you, are powerful.

— Amy Hardie

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them.

— Kazuo Ishiguro