--- title: "7 Stories Felt Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Stories Felt quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Stories Felt sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/john-porcellino-42521_print_with-my-friends-it-was-always-essentiall_648614.jpg" --- > [With my friends, it was always essentially true stories. That's how I always felt about doing King-Cat. This is something that really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-porcellino/with-my-friends-it-was-always-essentially-true-stories-that-s-how-i/) [John Porcellino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-porcellino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/john-porcellino-42521_print_with-my-friends-it-was-always-essentiall_648614.jpg) > [Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-hale/its-important-to-know-stories-i-felt-the-earth-shift-to-make-a-place/) [Shannon Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-hale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/shannon-hale-827_born_its-important-to-know-stories-i-felt-the_974185.png) > [“Everyone whirled around her, entranced by the stories in which they recognized themselves, but in the stories they were also more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-block/everyone-whirled-around-her-entranced-by-the-stories-in-which-they/) Francesca Block [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/francesca-block-237868_inspirational_everyone-whirled-around-her-entranced-by_1836580.jpg) > [It was always hard to find stories that I felt were, in and of themselves, fresh enough and intriguing enough .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-howard/it-was-always-hard-to-find-stories-that-i-felt-were-in-and-of/) [Ron Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-howard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/ron-howard-7692_enough_it-was-always-hard-to-find-stories-that_1870226.jpg) > [When I left Milwaukee, and I had all these stories. I felt so responsible for people. It's a heck of a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/when-i-left-milwaukee-and-i-had-all-these-stories-i-felt-so/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/matthew-desmond-1529_felt_when-i-left-milwaukee-and-i-had-all-thes_2225461.jpg) > [I wanted to make comics that get at feelings that connect to the deepest moments of our lives, reading Tolstoy, Flaubert, Flannery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-ware/i-wanted-to-make-comics-that-get-at-feelings-that-connect-to-the/) [Chris Ware](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-ware/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/chris-ware-8123_approach_i-wanted-to-make-comics-that-get-at-feel_2273739.jpg) > [I felt like I was a writer, and I just thought filmmaking was the best way for me to express that, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/i-felt-like-i-was-a-writer-and-i-just-thought-filmmaking-was-the-best/) [Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/lena-dunham-1013_best-way_i-felt-like-i-was-a-writer-and-i-just-th_2529473.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories-felt/#itemlist", "name": "Stories Felt Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With my friends, it was always essentially true stories. 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