What can we do with our stories,' he said, 'but tell them?

“Why are you here?" "To fetch the woman I cut from the veil of the rock." “Why did you cut?" "To send her spirit…

— Alan Garner

Do not tell me what was said about me, tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you and what did…

— Mercy Pheona

“I asked her what a true story was because I thought that all stories were made up. She said a true story was called…

— Rebecca Lloyd

“I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or…

— Harold Ross

“I like stories,' he said. 'And perhaps I like you as well.”

— Holly Black

My family sits around and tells all these amazing stories of pirates and the wa. Then one day I'm having a beer after shooting…

— Anh Do

“Wasn't that what all stories said?You felt it, like a pang in your heart, when something was happening to someone you love”

— Cronelia Funke

I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here, but the…

— Matthew McConaughey

The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough to look…

— Terry Pratchett

Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like…

— Jane Yolen

“A bitter ending' said Yarvi. 'Many sweet stories have them', said Jaud.”

— Joe Abercrombie

“I said, tell me a story.”

— Lauren Oliver

You must not tell anyone,' my mother said, 'what I am about to tell you.'

— Maxine Hong Kingston

“I said, I want to tell you something She said, you can tell me tomorrow. I had never told her how much I loved…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“I asked him: Why didn’t you just tell me? He said: ‘If I tell you, you’ll just forget at some critical point. If you…

— Merrie Haskell