This book is a story, and like all stories, it should be…

The single biggest reason I got my stories taken in various literary magazines - and I want to stress this - is because I…

— Steve Almond

History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art.

— Phyllis McGinley

My love is to tell a story but I like stories that evolve from character, from the nature of the individuals involved.

— David McCullough

I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you…

— John Sayles

“Legendary comic book storyteller Will Eisner put it this way: "Technique is secondary. Technique comes as a result of how you do what you…

— Brian McDonald

“Well, he began, since we're talking about books, there is a book in my story.”

— Alexis M. Smith

“This book is a story about the Vietnam War and illustrates what a mess of a war it was for all involved. However, it…

— Rick DeStefanis

I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way. It's not…

— Megan Chance

“A book is not a battle, nor is it a conquest. A book is a story, and telling it should be an enjoyable exercise.”

— Rachel Aaron

She is the film of a book of the story of the smell of her hair.

— Counting Crows

“If you were given a book with the story of your life, would you read the end?”

— Anonimus

For each book, there's a back story of where the idea came from. Sometimes it's derived from a current event or topic of discussion,…

— Sandra Brown

I'd never written a book or a story that required meeting people, and that's not necessarily my best skill, even in English. I prefer…

— Tania James

“There’s a moment in every book when the story and characters are finally there; they come to life, they’re in control. They do things…

— Sara Gruen

“Everyone has a book in them, what's your story?”

— Dorothy Dubel