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title: "33 Stories Things Quotes by 29 authors"
description: "Browse 33 Stories Things quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Stories Things sayings and thoughts."
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> [Stories aren’t about things. Stories are things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-anthony-johnston/stories-aren-t-about-things-stories-are-things/)

[Bret Anthony Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-anthony-johnston/)

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> [“Little G loved stories about all things sacred laced with a bit of irreverence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michaelene-mcelroy/little-g-loved-stories-about-all-things-sacred-laced-with-a-bit-of/)

[Michaelene McElroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michaelene-mcelroy/)

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> [“Happy stories are the things we tell to make ourselves feel better. But they are never true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anni-taylor/happy-stories-are-the-things-we-tell-to-make-ourselves-feel-better/)

[Anni Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anni-taylor/)

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> [Stories are the things that allow us to persuade each other that we're human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/stories-are-the-things-that-allow-us-to-persuade-each-other-that-we/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul/all-the-things-that-were-read-to-me-by-my-father-were-stories-about/)

[V. S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul/)

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> [I know how easy it is to be swept away by stories, by things you wish were real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-landy/i-know-how-easy-it-is-to-be-swept-away-by-stories-by-things-you-wish/)

[Derek Landy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-landy/)

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> [Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/don-t-be-satisfied-with-stories-how-things-have-gone-with-others-2/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [“I want people to tell their children terrible stories about the things we did for love”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-softer-world/i-want-people-to-tell-their-children-terrible-stories-about-the/)

[A Softer World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-softer-world/)

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> [Through the documentaries I make, my job is to talk to people and make them feel comfortable and listen to really harrowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zara-mcdermott/through-the-documentaries-i-make-my-job-is-to-talk-to-people-and-make/)

[Zara McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zara-mcdermott/)

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> [As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/as-if-there-could-be-true-stories-things-happen-in-one-way-and-we/)

[Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/)

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> [Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcavoy/shakespeare-s-stories-are-still-very-strong-he-structured-fantastic/)

[James McAvoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcavoy/)

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> [“I never think of stories as made things; I think of them as found things. As if you pull them out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-never-think-of-stories-as-made-things-i-think-of-them-as-found-3/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [“Stories are the things people use to give the universe a shape...there is little difference between a folktale, a religous revelation, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tad-williams/stories-are-the-things-people-use-to-give-the-universe-a-shape-there/)

[Tad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tad-williams/)

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> [“Before the modern era of copyright and intellectual property, stories were things held in common, to be passed from hand to hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-jamison/before-the-modern-era-of-copyright-and-intellectual-property-stories/)

[Anne Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-jamison/)

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> [I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-j-abrams/i-feel-like-in-telling-stories-there-are-the-things-the-audience/)

[J. J. Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-j-abrams/)

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> [Stories aren't about things. Stories are things. Stories aren't about actions. Stories are, unto themselves, actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-anthony-johnston/stories-aren-t-about-things-stories-are-things-stories-aren-t-about/)

[Bret Anthony Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-anthony-johnston/)

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> [I tell you these stories because these things happen to everyone. It's not about being starched or polished or cute or polite.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maira-kalman/i-tell-you-these-stories-because-these-things-happen-to-everyone-it-s/)

[Maira Kalman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maira-kalman/)

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> [Sometimes my whole life seems like a dream; occasionally I think that someone else has lived it for me. The events and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-faulks/sometimes-my-whole-life-seems-like-a-dream-occasionally-i-think-that/)

[Sebastian Faulks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-faulks/)

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> [My father, if anything, first and last, was a man of words. He loved stories; he didn't live for stories, exactly, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/my-father-if-anything-first-and-last-was-a-man-of-words-he-loved/)

[Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/)

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> [“fiction started up, and we started burning brain cells on stories about things that didn’t happen to people who didn’t exist. Why?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/fiction-started-up-and-we-started-burning-brain-cells-on-stories/)

[Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/)

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> [Stories have always been the things that entertain me and make me feel happy and sad and move me and give me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-sheen/stories-have-always-been-the-things-that-entertain-me-and-make-me/)

[Michael Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-sheen/)

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> [Strip away the morphing landscapes and rips in the space-time continuum, and my stories are about things that novels have always been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-erickson/strip-away-the-morphing-landscapes-and-rips-in-the-space-time/)

[Steve Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-erickson/)

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> [Dont be so satisfied with the success stories of others and how things have gone for them that you forget to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/dont-be-so-satisfied-with-the-success-stories-of-others-and-how/)

[Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/)

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> [You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/majel-barrett/you-can-take-any-one-of-our-stories-that-we-use-right-now-put-western/)

[Majel Barrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/majel-barrett/)

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> [“Maybe instead of strings it's stories things are made of, an infinite number of tiny vibrating stories; once upon a time they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/maybe-instead-of-strings-it-s-stories-things-are-made-of-an-infinite/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

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> [“I never think of stories as made things; I think of them as found things. As if you pull them out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-never-think-of-stories-as-made-things-i-think-of-them-as-found/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [“It was the best advice Francie ever got. Truth and fancy were so mixed up in her mind -- as they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/it-was-the-best-advice-francie-ever-got-truth-and-fancy-were-so-mixed/)

[Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/)

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> [“But things like the world-inside-this-one are too big to hold in your head by yourself. You need someone to remind you, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/but-things-like-the-world-inside-this-one-are-too-big-to-hold-in-your/)

[Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/)

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> [We write the songs that we do because that's what we like. But they are just stories - not things we actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-hanneman/we-write-the-songs-that-we-do-because-that-s-what-we-like-but-they/)

[Jeff Hanneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-hanneman/)

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> [We live in stories. What we are is stories. We do things because of what is called character, and our character is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/we-live-in-stories-what-we-are-is-stories-we-do-things-because-of/)

[William Kittredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kittredge/)

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> [I never think of stories as made things; I think of them as found things. As if you pull them out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-never-think-of-stories-as-made-things-i-think-of-them-as-found-2/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [When we tell stories about things that are important - love, fear, beauty - we change the way people think about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/when-we-tell-stories-about-things-that-are-important-love-fear-beauty/)

[Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/)

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> [I don't have to worry about writing jokes. I just tell stories about things that have happened to me. As long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-iglesias/i-don-t-have-to-worry-about-writing-jokes-i-just-tell-stories-about/)

[Gabriel Iglesias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-iglesias/)

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