Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
Political reporters and political professionals rushed to judgment against Romney because we crave clear, unambiguous story lines. — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
When in doubt, the rule of threes is a rule that plays well with all of storytelling. When describing a thing? No… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
That's what actually caused me to run for office is, you know, my family story, the experience of growing up in a… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story. — Zoey Deutch Copy Share Image
I have to pay attention to what I have felt and observed, then push these responses to an extreme while keeping the… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
This is why I loved the support groups so much, if people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I didn't want to tell the story of what makes two people come together, although that's a theme of great power and… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“...stories break silence and nourish those who work, feel, and dream. From Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion” — Carmen Naranjo Copy Share Image
Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
He pointed toward the silhouettes on the side of the [bathrooms] instead--black cutout man, black cutout woman. The man had his legs… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
[In mountaineering, if] we look for private experience rather than public history, even getting to the top becomes an optional narrative rather… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one. — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I see the world as a knowledge hardware story, and every day I'm just walking through the aisles. — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
Once you're into a story everything seems to apply-what you overhear on a city bus is exactly what your character would say… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
The basic scam in the Internet age is pretty easy even for the financially illiterate to grasp. It was as if banks… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
I love when I get stories of young women that have overcome things such as birth defects that they've been hated on… — Ariel Winter Copy Share Image
I made commercials for corporations like Volkswagen and Coca-Cola, but I was always the one to write them, too, which was a… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
With live-action I think we'd have lost the universal appeal of the Persepolis story. With live-action, it would have turned into a… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image