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title: "36 Stories Way Quotes by 36 authors"
description: "Browse 36 Stories Way quotes by 36 authors. Discover the best Stories Way sayings and thoughts."
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> [Stories have a way of telling themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-earl-brown/stories-have-a-way-of-telling-themselves/)

[W. Earl Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-earl-brown/)

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> [I tell the stories in the way that feels natural to tell them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-erickson/i-tell-the-stories-in-the-way-that-feels-natural-to-tell-them/)

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

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> [“Stories find their way in each of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-buhl/stories-find-their-way-in-each-of-us/)

[Sarah Buhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-buhl/)

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> [I make videos about people's stories in a way that is human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nuseir-yassin/i-make-videos-about-people-s-stories-in-a-way-that-is-human/)

[Nuseir Yassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nuseir-yassin/)

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> [“Myth is stories about the way things never were, but always are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-borg/myth-is-stories-about-the-way-things-never-were-but-always-are/)

[Marcus Borg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-borg/)

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> [We live in stories the way fish live in water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-taylor/we-live-in-stories-the-way-fish-live-in-water/)

[Daniel Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-taylor/)

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> [True stories are way more interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-fimmel/true-stories-are-way-more-interesting/)

[Travis Fimmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-fimmel/)

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> [I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-wallach/i-love-to-tell-stories-and-this-is-my-way-of-getting-them-down-on/)

[Eli Wallach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-wallach/)

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> [“Stories were the way People lived. Like paths, they could be traveled in any direction, yet always ran from beginning to end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowley/stories-were-the-way-people-lived-like-paths-they-could-be-traveled/)

[John Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-crowley/)

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> [I love to tell stories. I love to tell stories the way I tell them, not the way anybody else tells them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmen-boullosa/i-love-to-tell-stories-i-love-to-tell-stories-the-way-i-tell-them-not/)

[Carmen Boullosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmen-boullosa/)

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> [I tell my stories the way I tell them in real life, the way I talk or describe things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saeed-jaffrey/i-tell-my-stories-the-way-i-tell-them-in-real-life-the-way-i-talk-or/)

[Saeed Jaffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saeed-jaffrey/)

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> [The main thing I do now is I coach kids, and all of these stories along the way are based in reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-johnston/the-main-thing-i-do-now-is-i-coach-kids-and-all-of-these-stories/)

[Craig Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-johnston/)

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> [I really like stories, so in a way it doesn't matter for me if they are real or fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/volker-bertelmann/i-really-like-stories-so-in-a-way-it-doesn-t-matter-for-me-if-they/)

[Volker Bertelmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/volker-bertelmann/)

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> [The time is just right to take risks and tell stories the way we want to tell them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afia-nathaniel/the-time-is-just-right-to-take-risks-and-tell-stories-the-way-we-want/)

[Afia Nathaniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afia-nathaniel/)

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> [To me and my kind life itself is a story and we have to tell it in stories - that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/to-me-and-my-kind-life-itself-is-a-story-and-we-have-to-tell-it-in/)

[Rumer Godden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumer-godden/)

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> [“Stories give you a way to see things. A way to understand the events of your life. Even if you don't realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-kirby/stories-give-you-a-way-to-see-things-a-way-to-understand-the-events/)

[Matthew Kirby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-kirby/)

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> [If you're an American reader, you can love short stories the way other Americans love baseball; this is our game, people! We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-bloom/if-you-re-an-american-reader-you-can-love-short-stories-the-way-other/)

[Amy Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-bloom/)

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> [This earth that we live on is full of stories in the same way that, for a fish, the ocean is full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-okri/this-earth-that-we-live-on-is-full-of-stories-in-the-same-way-that/)

[Ben Okri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-okri/)

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> [In Harlan, Kentucky, we told stories the way some people play music. ... In the mountains, storytelling is truly an art form,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-cheshire/in-harlan-kentucky-we-told-stories-the-way-some-people-play-music-in/)

[Maxine Cheshire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-cheshire/)

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> [Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/writing-stories-is-my-way-of-scratching-that-itch-my-escape-from-the/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [I always find with my stories that the way they start is that I just get so interested in a person that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lewis/i-always-find-with-my-stories-that-the-way-they-start-is-that-i-just/)

[Michael Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lewis/)

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> [I like storytelling. We all have an active thing that we do that gives us self-esteem, that makes us proud; it's necessary.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-zindel/i-like-storytelling-we-all-have-an-active-thing-that-we-do-that-gives/)

[Paul Zindel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-zindel/)

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> [“What she needs are stories. Stories are a way to preserve one's self. To be remembered. And to forget. Stories come in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab/what-she-needs-are-stories-stories-are-a-way-to-preserve-one-s-self/)

[V.E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab/)

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> [I just try to tell my stories in a way that is still light-hearted and fun to listen to. I'm not trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alessia-cara/i-just-try-to-tell-my-stories-in-a-way-that-is-still-light-hearted/)

[Alessia Cara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alessia-cara/)

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> [The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-crews/the-truth-of-the-matter-was-stories-was-everything-and-everything-was/)

[Harry Crews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-crews/)

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> [“We must tell stories the way God does, stories in which a sister must float her little brother on a river with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/we-must-tell-stories-the-way-god-does-stories-in-which-a-sister-must/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

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> [“If the characters are not wicked, the book is." We must tell stories the way God does, stories in which a sister…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/if-the-characters-are-not-wicked-the-book-is-we-must-tell-stories-the/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-raimi/that-s-what-heroic-stories-do-for-us-they-show-us-the-way-they-remind/)

[Sam Raimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-raimi/)

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> [“We all tell our stories the way we want to. And sometimes those stories have nothing to do with reality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-ganek/we-all-tell-our-stories-the-way-we-want-to-and-sometimes-those/)

[Danielle Ganek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-ganek/)

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> [The thing about stories is that they almost always find their way onto the page, even if it takes a while.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-iagnemma/the-thing-about-stories-is-that-they-almost-always-find-their-way/)

[Karl Iagnemma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-iagnemma/)

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> [“ The past has a funny way of growing new shoots. If you don't treat them right, these kinds of stories have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ringland/the-past-has-a-funny-way-of-growing-new-shoots-if-you-don-t-treat/)

[Holly Ringland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ringland/)

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> [“Stories are that way, like storms. If you pay attention, you can sense them in the air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/stories-are-that-way-like-storms-if-you-pay-attention-you-can-sense/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Stories have a way of running off the page and taking on lives of their own, if we let them. Perhaps the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nz-kaminsky/stories-have-a-way-of-running-off-the-page-and-taking-on-lives-of/)

[NZ Kaminsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nz-kaminsky/)

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> [Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/stories-have-a-way-of-changing-faces-they-are-unruly-things/)

[Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/)

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> [Stories are in one way or another mirrors. We use them to explain to ourselves how the world works or how it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/stories-are-in-one-way-or-another-mirrors-we-use-them-to-explain-to/)

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

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> [“People are hardwired to listen to stories. Stories are the way human knowledge was passed down before the written word. Storytelling is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akash-karia/people-are-hardwired-to-listen-to-stories-stories-are-the-way-human/)

[Akash Karia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akash-karia/)

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