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title: "23 Need Stories Quotes by 21 authors"
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> [To connect to people at the deepest level, you need stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/to-connect-to-people-at-the-deepest-level-you-need-stories/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

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> [I don't need any more stories. I have enough stories. I need a life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-bullock/i-don-t-need-any-more-stories-i-have-enough-stories-i-need-a-life/)

[Sandra Bullock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-bullock/)

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> [“But we also need stories. Great stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/but-we-also-need-stories-great-stories/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [To hell with facts! We need stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kesey/to-hell-with-facts-we-need-stories/)

[Ken Kesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kesey/)

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> [Sex is important to guys. We need stories to tell our friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-ferrara/sex-is-important-to-guys-we-need-stories-to-tell-our-friends/)

[Adam Ferrara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-ferrara/)

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> [People love stories. They need stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-leavitt/people-love-stories-they-need-stories/)

[Caroline Leavitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-leavitt/)

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> [It sounds corny, but I think people need stories to process the world. That's our business. That's the job we're in. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-spotnitz/it-sounds-corny-but-i-think-people-need-stories-to-process-the-world/)

[Frank Spotnitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-spotnitz/)

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> [People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-chiaverini/people-need-stories-we-use-stories-to-teach-to-learn-to-make-sense-of/)

[Jennifer Chiaverini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-chiaverini/)

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> [“We write because we need somewhere for the stories in our heads to live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-george/we-write-because-we-need-somewhere-for-the-stories-in-our-heads-to/)

[Dana George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-george/)

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> [“We all need stories, don’t we?’ He’d looked up at Ranaulf. ‘For our hearts, I think.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robyn-cadwallader/we-all-need-stories-don-t-we-he-d-looked-up-at-ranaulf-for-our-hearts/)

[Robyn Cadwallader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robyn-cadwallader/)

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> [I'm not saying that we need more stories about people of a certain age, we just need more great stories about people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-braga/i-m-not-saying-that-we-need-more-stories-about-people-of-a-certain/)

[Sonia Braga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-braga/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/sonia-braga-12256_age_i-m-not-saying-that-we-need-more-stories_1891097.jpg)

> [People take what they need from the stories they hear. The tale is often wiser than the teller.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fletcher/people-take-what-they-need-from-the-stories-they-hear-the-tale-is/)

[Susan Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fletcher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/susan-fletcher-11692_needs_people-take-what-they-need-from-the-stor_1822571.jpg)

> [“What I need now is stories, it took me a long time to know that, and I'm not sure of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-beckett/what-i-need-now-is-stories-it-took-me-a-long-time-to-know-that-and-i/)

[Samuel Beckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-beckett/)

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> [If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berger/if-every-event-which-occurred-could-be-given-a-name-there-would-be-no/)

[John Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/john-berger-1590_events_if-every-event-which-occurred-could-be-g_2283345.png)

> [Human beings need stories, and we're looking for them in all kinds of places; whether it's television, whether it's comic books or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/human-beings-need-stories-and-we-re-looking-for-them-in-all-kinds-of/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [There's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willing to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/there-s-a-hunger-for-stories-in-all-of-us-adults-too-we-need-stories/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

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> [I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/i-asked-my-mum-who-s-a-very-clever-psychotherapist-and-she-says-that/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

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> [“People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real. If that's the case, what does it matter whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-sanderson/people-need-stories-child-they-bring-us-hope-and-that-hope-is-real-if/)

[Brandon Sanderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-sanderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/brandon-sanderson-112_children_people-need-stories-child-they-bring-us_2610268.jpg)

> [I think we need stories, and we need to tell the stories over and over and over not only to remind us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colum-mccann/i-think-we-need-stories-and-we-need-to-tell-the-stories-over-and-over/)

[Colum McCann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colum-mccann/)

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> [I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/i-hate-the-way-market-forces-try-to-separate-us-out-in-to-the/)

[Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/)

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> [“Thou shalt not might' reach the head but it takes 'Once upon a time' to reach the heart. Also: We need stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-pullman/thou-shalt-not-might-reach-the-head-but-it-takes-once-upon-a-time-to/)

[Philip Pullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-pullman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/philip-pullman-525_time_thou-shalt-not-might-reach-the-head-but_1307002.png)

> [Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/films-and-television-and-even-comic-books-are-churning-out-vast/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [I think we need to have stories about women that don't necessarily fit the trope of the classic woman, because they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristela-alonzo/i-think-we-need-to-have-stories-about-women-that-don-t-necessarily/)

[Cristela Alonzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristela-alonzo/)

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