There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can't get a good story out of it. — Lawrence Watt-Evans Copy Share Image
I care more about making sure the story is correct and the characters are behaving in character than I do about the… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
“Stories are a parasitical life form, warping lives in the service only of the story itself.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories. — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Jesus is absolutely at the centre of Western civilisation and part of my fascination with him is, why? What is it about… — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
I learned that books could be collected, that they were important enough to keep and that a story that seemed to be… — Ramona Koval Copy Share Image
It has been my experience that most human stories are circular rather than linear. Regardless of the path we choose, we somehow… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
By tracing the careers of the four members of the Philosophical Breakfast Club, Laura Snyder has found a wonderful way not just… — Tom Standage Copy Share Image
You know, I'm trying to sometimes sit down and write some stories about my childhood and maybe one when I'm an old… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
He made a story for all of them, a story to give them strength. The words of the story poured out of… — Leslie Marmon Silko Copy Share Image
Your life is nothing more than a love story. Between you and God. Nothing more. Every person, every experience, every gift, every… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
The Hollywood stuff in the book tended to come later. I think it was because I was worried about leading with that… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
I come from a school of people, folk singers, and the tradition there is troubadours, and you're carrying a message. Admittedly, our… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I hang out with my dad mostly, my dad was in the military. He's at that age now where his war stories… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
The Grimm brothers always said that their informants were women, which is possibly not true, women of the people. There is the… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can't even tell you what else I imagined. I can only humiliate myself to such a degree; at a certain point… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
I even have some stories of people telling me how that song has changed their life, how it got them through hard… — Quindon Tarver Copy Share Image
But here is the heart of the moral issue for many of us. Simply put, those around the world who have contributed… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image