Stories Quotes · Page 231

A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

— W. Somerset Maugham

For me, writing Bridget's [Jones] stories is an instinctive, organic thing, which tends to happen more by accident than design.

— Helen Fielding

I think about the hurt that stories cannot ease, not with a thousand tellings.

— Anita Shreve

When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a…

— Pema Chodron

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

'Casebook' is my attempt at a love story. I had a vision of a difficult love.

— Mona Simpson

Apparently I'm well-known for my stories, my raconteur tales, that sort of thing.

— Rick Wakeman

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.

— Alexander McCall Smith

There was no short answer to this; like so much else, it was a long story. But what really makes any story…

— Sarah Dessen

[Jorge Luis Borges] had short stories, and I was trying to learn how to write short stories, and then he had these…

— Sandra Cisneros

I come out of journalism, and then book writing. There, it's just you and your editor and maybe a copy desk, looking…

— Wendell Pierce

The Veteran's History Project, a nationwide volunteer effort to collect oral histories from America's war veterans, provides an avenue to do just…

— Spencer Bachus

I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I…

— Kate DiCamillo

The history of Israel and Judaism is the unfolding of the meaning of this story. It's retelling is never finished and will…

— Timothy Radcliffe

I felt like challenging myself and challenging my readers with something darker and heavier. I don't know how to explain it, because…

— Anonymous

My producers and I worked with these consultants and came up with seventy [stories] which we think are exemplary of the larger…

— Henry Louis Gates

I think everyone has a story to tell. Part of what I do is help artists find their voice, not only their…

— Salaam Remi

I do think stories are one of the best tools for communicating across any number of cultures. But I also think there…

— David Livermore

Well, Amber [Heard] is still raising her eyebrow at me because I said that I've been 180 miles per hour on the…

— Nicolas Cage

I tend to gravitate toward the "act two," or "act three," or "act four" stories - either things that are underreported, where…

— Sarah Stillman

I don't want a team that escapes from reality and escapes from the truth. I don't want people who are always escaping,…

— John Chaney

The majority of American writers today have chosen passive non-resistance to things as they are, producing sloughs of poetry about their personal…

— Edward Abbey

The false reporting by the media, the false, horrible, fake reporting makes it much harder to make a deal with Russia, and…

— Donald Trump

When I wrote a long story about the retreat of sea ice, I made clear it could go the other way for…

— Andrew Revkin

“A story helps folks face the world, even when it frightens 'em. And a lie does the opposite. It helps you hide.”

— Jonathan auxier

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

— Chinua Achebe

“Go on, she urged. Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

The greatest story ever told is, in fact, the greatest story ever sold

— Dan Brown

If people did not want their stories told, it would be better for them to keep away from me.

— Sherwood Anderson

I didn't read this book--I inhaled it. This a terrific new take on a great old rock n roll story, a clash…

— William McKeen

Occasionally, the book tells stories that would likely grate on senior management – but that is what free speech is all about.

— Rick Ungar

Hire the best talent to tell the story, or the view is great from my hotel.

— Komla Dumor

A memory is only a Prince Charming who stays just long enough to awaken the Sleeping Beauties of our wordless stories.

— Michel de Certeau

I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are…

— Darren Criss

The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.

— Marilyn Johnson

I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.

— Albert Brooks

I love stories, and as I got older, I realized how important what happened yesterday is to how you try to make…

— Derek Waters

Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life.

— Keri Russell

Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.

— Brian Aldiss

Dress for the story that you’d like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth.

— Rachel Roy