Story Quotes · Page 28

Sometimes, a writer's life alone can tell a story.

— Howard Jacobson

It's only our story that keeps us from knowing that we always have everything we need.

— Byron Katie

If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's.

— Chris Brogan

If there is a good story, I will take it up.

— Mohit Raina

Stories are told over time, and so they naturally accrue meanings.

— John Edgar Wideman

If something wants to be a story, it will be.

— Scarlett Thomas

“In general, poor is polite and rich is rude.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Travelling shouldn't be just a tour, it should be a tale.”

— Amit Kalantri

It's about story; it is a social experiment, and people take that into account when they're watching 'Big Brother.'

— Nina Tassler

I can really step into my calling and write my own story and be of service to other people in the process…

— Darren Waller

I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold…

— Alan Ball

I'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any…

— Rodney Crowell

Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first…

— Arthur Christiansen

“I would have preferred someone else to have been in charge of rescuing this story, but once again life has taught me…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The writers did a great job of adapting the characters from the 'Frozen' story and implementing them into the 'Once Upon a…

— Scott Michael Foster

Stories are told not to preach or counsel people but to reflect the dilemmas of our time.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

Audience come with expectations, and our job is to engage them for two hours. We take efforts to make the story more…

— Vijay Sethupathi

“The term - 'Fairy-Tales' is so ironical in itself, when I sometimes sit to write love stories with a happy ending, it…

— Mehek Bassi

I look for individuality in the artisans I work with for CoutureLab; a loving relationship with the product and care in the…

— Carmen Busquets

I'm excited about how books work in a digital age. When you read a book, unlike a film, you are decoding symbols…

— Steven Hall

I think the great thing about the Jack Ryan films is that the plot and the story always take center stage. If…

— Chris Pine

The deep places in our lives - places of resistance and embrace - are reached only by stories, by images, metaphors and…

— Walter Brueggemann

I've played football with George Best, the greatest footballer that ever lived. That doesn't make me a footballer. And I've sung a…

— Ian Gillan

“This, bellissima ," Nonna began, "is true love story... "The Costas, we were born to the sea and proud, very proud. Son…

— Melissa Jensen

Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.

— Brené Brown

“Everyone has their own path, their own story through which they go at their own pace.”

— Ricky Martin

Each one of us carry a story that can be a best selling novel.

— Melania

“During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving.”

— Amit Kalantri

When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.

— Charles Baxter

“Everyone has a story. It's simply a question of finding it.”

— Jennifer Castle

There's a reason for everything and 2 sides to every story.

— Anonymous

All I care about is the story and telling the story. I don't care how people ingest it.

— Steven Soderbergh

We need the villain sometimes. It makes for an interesting story.

— Rose Namajunas

“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.”

— Amit Kalantri

“People connect to you when you tell a story, not your worry.”

— Alin Sav

Wherever men have lived, there is a story to be told

— Henry David Thoreau

Life is not a private affair. A story and its lessons are only made useful if shared.

— Dan Millman

I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights.

— Zach Johnson

There's only one story, the story of your life.

— Helen Keller

Everybody's in a situation; everybody has a story. It's about finding out why.

— Maxine Peake