True love can't be planned or expected because it happens…

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning.

— John Grisham

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

— John Hodgman

I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling.

— Chris Hegedus

All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure.…

— J. Michael Straczynski

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a…

— Dick Wolf

It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room.

— Peter Paige

“It is the writer's job to craft a story so compelling that strangers will pay to hear it.”

— Seeley James

“What is your greatest regret? "Not staying in better touch with people who truly mattered to me before they died unexpectedly.”

— Matt Damon

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

— Arthur Erickson

“position was unexpectedly vacated.”

— Michael C. Grumley

Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“Death, however clearly foretold, still came unexpectedly.”

— Daniel Abraham

Happiness. It comes on unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, any early morning talk about it.

— Raymond Carver

For love to work it needs to arrive unexpectedly like rain.. all on it's own.

— Danny Tagle

Collaborating on 'Tusa' with Nicki Minaj came into my life unexpectedly and I wanted to keep it like that for my fans.

— Karol G