There's no story,' I say. 'I saw you one day, and I just…

“out. Or maybe I had been; I just knew the consequences if I used. * * *”

— Marni Mann

I Never changed, You just never knew me.

— Anonymous

I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do.

— Jane Gardam

“An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.”

— Stephen King

When you go out for drinks, tell people to bring in a news story that made them say "Oh my god." Talk about it.

— Lizz Winstead

“Scoffin' a load of our grub an' not tellin' a story? I say, what a bally swizz!”

— Brian Jacques

“You'd think God would come right out and tell us what to do in the Bible, but He doesn't. He mostly tells stories, and…

— Donald Miller

Story seems to say that everything happens for a reason and I want to say, No, it doesn’t.

— David Shields

To name the world in your own terms, to tell your own story, is an act of authority and power. When you write, you…

— Rebecca McClanahan

“All religions are beautiful in the story, as you say. It's when they're put into practice that they grow ugly.”

— Michael Arditti

A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to…

— Flannery O'Connor

I look for really great characters. I say great because as long as they're really good, there's something you can do. And really good…

— Matt Dillon

So, it's always different. Some stuff, you want to do because it's a part that you've never played. It's always for story. Sometimes there's…

— Vincent D'Onofrio

“talking about the “meaning” of a story, we need to be careful not to diminish it, impoverish it. A story can say different things…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Why is it we love so fully what has washed up on the beaches of our hearts, those lost messages, lost friends, the daylight…

— Richard Jackson