--- title: "9 Stories Meant Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Stories Meant quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Stories Meant sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/kalyani-priyadarshan-18113_culture_some-stories-are-meant-to-be-experienced_778205.jpg" --- > [Some stories are meant to be experienced by everyone and language and culture are no bar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalyani-priyadarshan/some-stories-are-meant-to-be-experienced-by-everyone-and-language-and/) [Kalyani Priyadarshan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalyani-priyadarshan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/kalyani-priyadarshan-18113_culture_some-stories-are-meant-to-be-experienced_778205.jpg) > [Not all stories are meant for the big screen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rana-daggubati/not-all-stories-are-meant-for-the-big-screen/) [Rana Daggubati](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rana-daggubati/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/rana-daggubati-5936_big_not-all-stories-are-meant-for-the-big-sc_191060.jpg) > [Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/stories-are-meant-to-comfort-the-afflicted-and-afflict-the-comfortable/) [Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/finley-peter-dunne-8007_afflicted_stories-are-meant-to-comfort-the-afflict_3087032.jpg) > [“Stories are meant to be told, both new and old.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jahangir-ashraf/stories-are-meant-to-be-told-both-new-and-old/) [Jahangir Ashraf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jahangir-ashraf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/jahangir-ashraf-245140_stories_stories-are-meant-to-be-told-both-new-an_2705790.jpg) > [The old storytellers took the stories that meant something to them and rearranged the pieces to say something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-beacham/the-old-storytellers-took-the-stories-that-meant-something-to-them/) [Travis Beacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-beacham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/travis-beacham-11732_old_the-old-storytellers-took-the-stories-th_1463474.jpg) > [My view is that comic books are meant to be long-form stories. They're meant to be novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-adams/my-view-is-that-comic-books-are-meant-to-be-long-form-stories-they-re/) [Neal Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/neal-adams-10689_books_my-view-is-that-comic-books-are-meant-to_2254307.jpg) > [“I have my own stories. A few are known and some untold. Be a tragic one or a comedy one, stories are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/upasana-banerjee/i-have-my-own-stories-a-few-are-known-and-some-untold-be-a-tragic-one/) [Upasana Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/upasana-banerjee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/upasana-banerjee-21793_stories_i-have-my-own-stories-a-few-are-known-an_1417299.jpg) > [I didn't have any set idea of what kind of filmmaker I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to tell stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-didn-t-have-any-set-idea-of-what-kind-of-filmmaker-i-wanted-to-be-i/) [Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/richard-linklater-2192_avant-garde_i-didn-t-have-any-set-idea-of-what-kind_2813437.jpg) > [“Maktub,” I whispered, holding her close. The word was tattooed on both of our wrists, meaning ‘it is written.’ Everything in life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brittainy-c-cherry/maktub-i-whispered-holding-her-close-the-word-was-tattooed-on-both-of/) [Brittainy C. Cherry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brittainy-c-cherry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/brittainy-c-cherry-1904_love_maktub-i-whispered-holding-her-close-the_1743652.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories-meant/#itemlist", "name": "Stories Meant Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some stories are meant to be experienced by everyone and language and culture are no bar.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kalyani Priyadarshan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalyani-priyadarshan/some-stories-are-meant-to-be-experienced-by-everyone-and-language-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/kalyani-priyadarshan-18113_culture_some-stories-are-meant-to-be-experienced_778205.jpg", "contentUrl": 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