The great stories go to those who aren't afraid to live them

“...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to…

— Arundhati Roy

“Betsy was so full of joy that she had to be alone. She went upstairs to her bedroom and sat down on Uncle Keith's…

— Maud Hart Lovelace

The more you go to a theatre and the more you hear stories you aren't necessarily familiar with, the more open you become.

— Lynn Nottage

The best stories aren't about people with a nice past. There about people who SURVIVED a bad past, lived their dream and had a…

— Sonya Parker

Stories aren't about things. Stories are things. Stories aren't about actions. Stories are, unto themselves, actions.

— Bret Anthony Johnston

Stories aren't the icing on the cake; they are the cake!

— Peter Guber

I personally tend to be drawn to stories that aren't paid much attention to, or stories that aren't on people's radar.

— Anderson Cooper

Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen.

— Brad Meltzer

I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.

— Ethan Hawke

“I will tell you something about stories. They aren't just entertainment. They are all we have to fight off illness and death. You don't…

— Leslie Marmon Silko

I'm interested in stories that aren't getting told: it's where my interests lie.

— Sarah Waters

“You can get so wrapped up in your own story, you forget other people have theirs, and sometimes those stories aren’t nice ones.”

— Simon James Green

“I often forget that other people's stories aren't simply introductions to my own more engaging, more dramatic, more relevant, and better-told tales, but rather…

— Will Schwalbe

What's the use of stories that aren't even true?

— Salman Rushdie

“Stories aren't peaceful things. Stories don't care how shy you are. They don't care how insecure you are, either. Stories find their way out…

— Natalie Lloyd