--- title: "14 Simple Story Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 14 Simple Story quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Simple Story sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/nani-4801_everyone_script-wise-the-story-of-eega-is-univers_2152299.jpg" --- > [Script wise, the story of 'Eega' is universal. It's a simple story which everyone can understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nani/script-wise-the-story-of-eega-is-universal-it-s-a-simple-story-which/) [Nani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/nani-4801_everyone_script-wise-the-story-of-eega-is-univers_2152299.jpg) > [A lost coin is found by means of a candle; the deepest truth is found by means of a simple story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/a-lost-coin-is-found-by-means-of-a-candle-the-deepest-truth-is-found/) [Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/anthony-de-mello-1331_candle_a-lost-coin-is-found-by-means-of-a-candl_2392981.png) > [Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-dujardin/just-telling-a-story-that-s-cinema-it-s-not-silent-black-and-white-it/) [Jean Dujardin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-dujardin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/jean-dujardin-16253_black_just-telling-a-story-that-s-cinema-it-s_2765090.jpg) > [Be a friend. You don't need glory. Friendship is a simple story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-guest/be-a-friend-you-don-t-need-glory-friendship-is-a-simple-story/) [Edgar Guest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-guest/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/edgar-guest-10328_friend_be-a-friend-you-don-t-need-glory-friends_1933399.png) > [A lot of films mistake convolutedness for complexity. To me, a simple story can be a powerful spine to build around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/panos-cosmatos/a-lot-of-films-mistake-convolutedness-for-complexity-to-me-a-simple/) [Panos Cosmatos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/panos-cosmatos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/panos-cosmatos-10908_cinema_a-lot-of-films-mistake-convolutedness-fo_975800.jpg) > [Take away the robots and the special effects, and Star Wars is just the simple story of a group of friends planning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-gould/take-away-the-robots-and-the-special-effects-and-star-wars-is-just/) [Dana Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-gould/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/dana-gould-1290_effects_take-away-the-robots-and-the-special-eff_687405.png) > [“So I am content to tell my simple story, without trying to make things seem better than they were; dreading nothing, indeed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/so-i-am-content-to-tell-my-simple-story-without-trying-to-make-things/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/george-eliot-84_tell-simple_so-i-am-content-to-tell-my-simple-story_1920901.png) > [The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mahy/the-novels-take-longer-to-write-than-the-picture-book-texts-and-they/) [Margaret Mahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mahy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/margaret-mahy-9662_book_the-novels-take-longer-to-write-than-the_1805698.jpg) > [I came on board 'Clown' because it was a very simple story, and it was a very nice script and a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stormare/i-came-on-board-clown-because-it-was-a-very-simple-story-and-it-was-a/) [Peter Stormare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stormare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/peter-stormare-15713_brothers-grimm_i-came-on-board-clown-because-it-was-a-v_2550434.jpg) > [“I left him with only that--the simple story that he had been with his mother this entire time, that he had helped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/i-left-him-with-only-that-the-simple-story-that-he-had-been-with-his/) [Alexandra Bracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-bracken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/alexandra-bracken-863_blue-sky_i-left-him-with-only-that-the-simple-sto_1818328.jpg) > ['The Immigrant Story,' which took me about twenty-five years to write, was a very simple story, but I couldn't think of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/the-immigrant-story-which-took-me-about-twenty-five-years-to-write/) [Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/grace-paley-3243_about_the-immigrant-story-which-took-me-about_2779361.jpg) > [“You see it is likely that, when my brother told the story, that night when we got home and my mother and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-anderson/you-see-it-is-likely-that-when-my-brother-told-the-story-that-night/) [Sherwood Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/sherwood-anderson-2780_parenting_you-see-it-is-likely-that-when-my-brothe_118761.png) > [“The story of the young woman whose death I witnessed in a concentration camp. It is a simple story. There is little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/the-story-of-the-young-woman-whose-death-i-witnessed-in-a/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/viktor-e-frankl-668_concentration-camp_the-story-of-the-young-woman-whose-death_249011.jpg) > [“It was just too easy to say that adults did not like stories that were simple, and perhaps that was wrong. Perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/it-was-just-too-easy-to-say-that-adults-did-not-like-stories-that/) [Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a92/alexander-mccall-smith-372_too-easy_it-was-just-too-easy-to-say-that-adults_3131153.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/simple-story/#itemlist", "name": "Simple Story Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Script wise, the story of 'Eega' is universal. 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And when I turned to go, releasing his mind for the last time, he looked out the window again at the blackbirds diving and rolling around each other, fluttering across the blue sky, and he smiled.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexandra Bracken" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-bracken/i-left-him-with-only-that-the-simple-story-that-he-had-been-with-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/alexandra-bracken-863_blue-sky_i-left-him-with-only-that-the-simple-sto_1818328.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/alexandra-bracken-863_blue-sky_i-left-him-with-only-that-the-simple-sto_1818328.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d6/alexandra-bracken-863_blue-sky_i-left-him-with-only-that-the-simple-sto_1818328.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I left him with only that--the simple story that he had been with his mother this entire time, that he had…” — Alexandra Bracken", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'The Immigrant Story,' which took me about twenty-five years to write, was a very simple story, but I couldn't think of how to tell it. Then twenty years after I started it, I found this one page and realized it was going to be the story. That's the only way you get it sometimes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Grace Paley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/the-immigrant-story-which-took-me-about-twenty-five-years-to-write/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/grace-paley-3243_about_the-immigrant-story-which-took-me-about_2779361.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/grace-paley-3243_about_the-immigrant-story-which-took-me-about_2779361.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/grace-paley-3243_about_the-immigrant-story-which-took-me-about_2779361.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'The Immigrant Story,' which took me about twenty-five years to write, was a very simple story, but I…” — Grace Paley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You see it is likely that, when my brother told the story, that night when we got home and my mother and sister sat listening, I did not think he got the point. He was too young and so was I. A thing so complete has its own beauty. I shall not try to emphasize the point. I am only explaining why I was dissatisfied then and have been ever since. I speak of that only that you may understand why I have been impelled to try to tell the simple story over again.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sherwood Anderson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-anderson/you-see-it-is-likely-that-when-my-brother-told-the-story-that-night/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/sherwood-anderson-2780_parenting_you-see-it-is-likely-that-when-my-brothe_118761.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/sherwood-anderson-2780_parenting_you-see-it-is-likely-that-when-my-brothe_118761.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/sherwood-anderson-2780_parenting_you-see-it-is-likely-that-when-my-brothe_118761.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You see it is likely that, when my brother told the story, that night when we got home and my mother and…” — Sherwood Anderson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The story of the young woman whose death I witnessed in a concentration camp. It is a simple story. There is little to tell and it may sound as if I had invented it; but to me it seems like a poem. This young woman knew that she would die in the next few days. But when I talked to her she was cheerful in spite of this knowledge. \"I am grateful that fate has hit me so hard,\" she told me. \"In my former life I was spoiled and did not take spiritual accomplishments seriously.\" Pointing through the window of the hut, she said, \"This tree here is the only friend I have in my loneliness.\" Through that window she could see just one branch of a chestnut tree, and on the branch were two blossoms. \"I often talk to this tree,\" she said to me. I was startled and didn't quite know how to take her words. Was she delirious? Did she have occasional hallucinations? Anxiously I asked her if the tree replied. \"Yes.\" What did it say to her? She answered, \"It said to me, 'I am here-I am here-I am life, eternal life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Viktor E. 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