Don’t go yet. Please. Tell me a story, one about us. Tell…

For me to do a story, something has to happen to someone. It's a story in the way you learn what a story is…

— Ira Glass

“Never let something you want to happen in a story tie the hands of your characters and especially not your villain. If your hero…

— Alex Woolfson

“Whatever was bound to happen in my story did not happen. But I know there are rules that cannot be broken. Perhaps a name…

— Lisel Mueller

When you're a co-host, you've got to consider what the other person is saying and take the next step and get the laugh or…

— Regis Philbin

“The first part of a spell is to start with something true. Then you add the made-up bit, the thing you want to happen—…

— Gillian St. Kevern

After all, it was only a story,' I said, determined to prove her wrong. 'All manner of terrible things may happen in a story.…

— Chris Priestley

What I've learned is, if I have to go out and speak, the best way to get people's attention is to tell them a…

— Sandra Cisneros

“This story is always yours for the telling. This has always been yours. You can expand to fill it all or take up the…

— Jeanette LeBlanc

Every movie requires its own style. Just be honest to the story. Tell the story in the best possible way that is different, exciting…

— Oliver Stone

“No one can tell your story so tell it yourself. No one can write your story so write it yourself.”

— Unsure

“Everybody has a story that must be told. Your life is your story. Tell your story.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I honestly would tell anyone young to start looking at stories and learning story, because I think that’s the next step after people go,…

— Bob Odenkirk

“Now," those Plumbago lips say, "You are going to tell me your story like you just did. Write it all down. Tell that story…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“He must tell his own story.' 'But he will tell only half of it.' 'A quarter would be enough.”

— Jane Austen

“Write like you are the last person on earth; like no one will ever read your story. Tell the story YOU want to read!”

— Giuseppe Bianco