I always had a fascination for stories.

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

— Trudi Canavan

Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.

— Hugh Jackman

I've always been a happy-go-lucky person. I haven't got any dark tales, I didn't draw on my own past, I'm from a very normal…

— Vicky McClure

You've heard tales of beauty and the beast. How a fair maid falls in love with a monster and sees the beauty of his…

— Karen Maitland

So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and…

— Brian Jacques

“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

The greatest tales, well told, awaken the fears and longings of the listeners. Each man hears a different story. Each is touched by it…

— Juliet Marillier

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

— Kirk Diedrich

I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized…

— Lois Lowry

I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just for me,…

— Alan Moore

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

— Damon Lindelof

Sometimes I am a collector of data, and only a collector, and am likely to be gross and miserly, piling up notes, pleased with…

— Charles Fort

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

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