--- title: "9 Choose Story Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Choose Story quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Choose Story sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/richard-denney-32317_books_authors-do-not-choose-a-story-to-write-t_1676374.jpg" --- > [Authors do not choose a story to write, the story chooses us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-denney/authors-do-not-choose-a-story-to-write-the-story-chooses-us/) [Richard Denney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-denney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/richard-denney-32317_books_authors-do-not-choose-a-story-to-write-t_1676374.jpg) > [You don’t choose a story, it chooses you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/you-don-t-choose-a-story-it-chooses-you/) [Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/robert-penn-warren-2118_funny_you-don-t-choose-a-story-it-chooses-you_1081214.jpg) > [I choose this story above all others because it's a story I'm struggling to end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/i-choose-this-story-above-all-others-because-it-s-a-story-i-m/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/jeanette-winterson-166_ends_i-choose-this-story-above-all-others-bec_2680924.png) > [If I could have anything I wanted, I would choose story without end, and it seems I have lots of company in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-barrows/if-i-could-have-anything-i-wanted-i-would-choose-story-without-end/) [Annie Barrows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-barrows/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cee/annie-barrows-27608_business_if-i-could-have-anything-i-wanted-i-woul_625843.png) > [“I realised that when someone plays hard to get, they are making themselves into a character in a story, and they choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarlett-thomas/i-realised-that-when-someone-plays-hard-to-get-they-are-making/) [Scarlett Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarlett-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/scarlett-thomas-8232_character_i-realised-that-when-someone-plays-hard_2694445.png) > [There is a myth that writers get to choose their stories. You don't get to choose your story any more than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-fuller/there-is-a-myth-that-writers-get-to-choose-their-stories-you-don-t/) [Alexandra Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-fuller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/alexandra-fuller-7586_children_there-is-a-myth-that-writers-get-to-choo_2133786.png) > [“Life is a story. It’s full of chapters. And the beauty of life is that not only do you get to choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hart/life-is-a-story-it-s-full-of-chapters-and-the-beauty-of-life-is-that/) [Kevin Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/kevin-hart-506_beauty_life-is-a-story-it-s-full-of-chapters-an_698289.jpg) > [“This story is always yours for the telling. This has always been yours. You can expand to fill it all or take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-leblanc/this-story-is-always-yours-for-the-telling-this-has-always-been-yours/) [Jeanette LeBlanc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-leblanc/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/jeanette-leblanc-13086_blank-canvas_this-story-is-always-yours-for-the-telli_696803.jpg) > [“In this Choose Your Own Story book, you make the decisions, and you get to go to Wendigo’s Academy for young witches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-orion/in-this-choose-your-own-story-book-you-make-the-decisions-and-you-get/) [Aidan Orion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-orion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/aidan-orion-134245_books_in-this-choose-your-own-story-book-you-m_1127642.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose-story/#itemlist", "name": "Choose Story Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, 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So why not choose the story that serves your life the best?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Hart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-hart/life-is-a-story-it-s-full-of-chapters-and-the-beauty-of-life-is-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/kevin-hart-506_beauty_life-is-a-story-it-s-full-of-chapters-an_698289.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/kevin-hart-506_beauty_life-is-a-story-it-s-full-of-chapters-an_698289.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/kevin-hart-506_beauty_life-is-a-story-it-s-full-of-chapters-an_698289.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is a story. It’s full of chapters. 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You can write the truth and bury it in the ground, throw it in the fire, fold it into paper airplanes and watch it fly, roll it into a note in a bottle and toss it in the ocean and let it find its own way home. Or, you share it with the whole fucking world. You can care and not care and care-not-care all at once. But you get to write. And you get to choose the story you tell. And there’s no freedom bigger or bolder or braver than that.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeanette LeBlanc" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-leblanc/this-story-is-always-yours-for-the-telling-this-has-always-been-yours/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/jeanette-leblanc-13086_blank-canvas_this-story-is-always-yours-for-the-telli_696803.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/jeanette-leblanc-13086_blank-canvas_this-story-is-always-yours-for-the-telli_696803.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/jeanette-leblanc-13086_blank-canvas_this-story-is-always-yours-for-the-telli_696803.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This story is always yours for the telling. This has always been yours. 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Wendigo’s Wizarding Academy is the premiere school of wizardry in North America. Nestled in the Rocky Mountains, the crooked, old castle is only accessible by airship. The ancient school has three houses named after the mythological creatures that live in and around the castle: the free-spirited Satyrs, the loving Unicorns, and the prodigious Jackalopes. It’s magic-soaked halls are full of adventure and treasures to find. Students can always be seen on the fields outside, playing Zithur, the school’s favourite game. To play it, one needs three teams, a full set of broomsticks, a winged toad, four flying ferrets and one mysterious golden box, called the Zithur. READ IT NOW! Get a free Choose Your Own Story book by signing up here! To get the latest news about when my next book comes out, free stories, and”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aidan Orion" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-orion/in-this-choose-your-own-story-book-you-make-the-decisions-and-you-get/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/aidan-orion-134245_books_in-this-choose-your-own-story-book-you-m_1127642.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/aidan-orion-134245_books_in-this-choose-your-own-story-book-you-m_1127642.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/043/aidan-orion-134245_books_in-this-choose-your-own-story-book-you-m_1127642.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In this Choose Your Own Story book, you make the decisions, and you get to go to Wendigo’s Academy for young…” — Aidan Orion", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose-story/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose-story/", "name": "Choose Story Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose-story/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/richard-denney-32317_books_authors-do-not-choose-a-story-to-write-t_1676374.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 9 Choose Story quotes by 9 authors. 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