Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's…

Sometimes the best stories come from mistakes.

— Eve Torres

Stories come to us as wraiths requiring precise embodiments.

— Joyce Carol Oates

The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things, forces sweeping…

— Bob Shacochis

“Good stories come from the heart, not the head.”

— Ken Farmer

I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.

— Elizabeth Moon

I always have a notebook with me, I eavesdrop; I write down what people say. It's very rare that one of those things will…

— Kate DiCamillo

I love the stories that have come before, that we know of. I think for me it's always more interesting to start from square…

— Chris Pine

My books are written from personal experience, from memories, and from stories that come to me from all places.

— Isabel Allende

I'm in the storytelling business, and so you're always drawn to the unusual. And early on, I discovered that's the easiest way to tell…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“What she needs are stories. Stories are a way to preserve one's self. To be remembered. And to forget. Stories come in so many…

— V.E. Schwab

Many stories come from the dressing room that one doesn't speak when you are playing but can do once retired.

— Virender Sehwag

“Where do you think stories come from, E'lir Kvothe? Every tale has deep roots somewhere in the world.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

I got one of the five golden tickets to be a writer, and I take that seriously. I don't love my own work at…

— Anne Lamott

The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as deeply personal…

— Eugene Mirman

I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.

— Lisa Tuttle