“We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it’s going to be.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You think you know how this story is going to end, but you don't. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“The story I am going to tell has more than one beginning and without an end.” — T. Afsin Ilgar Copy Share Image
I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going. — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
At any given moment you have the power to say: this is not how my story is going to end. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But to be honest, for me it's always going to be about the story, and it's always going to be about how… — Emma Corrin Copy Share Image
“Acknowledge your position as the author, and determine what the next pages of your story are going to say.” — Nate Green Copy Share Image
It's easy now, now that it's a story. When you were going through it, it was life. Always much harder to get… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
Whether you're an actor, producer, writer, or director, it's all about the story you're going to tell. — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Kyunki' will never end. The way the story is going I don't see an end. People always complain that it's dragging along… — Hiten Tejwani Copy Share Image
It's rare that I actually have a story in my head. I have events or 'what's the next move?' Like, Maggie, 'where's… — Jaime Hernandez Copy Share Image
In a great horror movie, you've gotta have some character development and you've gotta set some of your people up and you've… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
A novel must work as a story because no one's going to get to the other themes if you don't entertain the… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
“I am realizing that intention has a lot to do with how things turn out, and accomplishments don't always have to involve… — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever have trouble with writer's block. It's different when you make it up as you go - that… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
Some people ask why we don't just wait until we have the whole story before posting. The fact is that we sometimes… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
I spend months, sometimes years, doing what I call dreamtime, weaving it together inside my head. But when I actually feel that… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
A lot of new writers assume you have to know the where the story is going and that it flows out as… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“If you have a story to tell, put it out there. Get the thing done. No excuses. No procrastinating. No apologies. It… — James Hampton Copy Share Image
I might spend 100 pages trying to get to know the world I'm writing about: its contours, who are my main characters,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“I quote Frank O’Connor to my students: that when you are writing a story, at some point the story must take over.… — Peter Taylor Copy Share Image
I don't do all the background and the worldbuilding before I start the story. What I do is I work out the… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
“...I am realizing that intention has a lot to do with how things turn out, and accomplishments don't always have to involve… — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
As for 'story' I never yet did enjoy a novel or play in which someone didn't tell me afterward that there was… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Have you ever felt that there was something going on in life that not everyone was aware of?' Rose asked, turning her… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
Not only is your story your truth, your story is going to be the platform and the foundation for everything that's getting… — DeVon Franklin Copy Share Image
I just have to trust that the story is going to shake out in such a way that's going to be palatable… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
What I have to write, the story, it is always going on in my mind. What incidences I can add in the… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
“At any given moment, you have the power to say that this is NOT how the story is going to END” — MHS Pourri Copy Share Image
“So, too, how to tell your story has a great deal to do with how you feel about the circumstances in your… — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
The first paragraph. The last paragraph. That's where the story is going and how it's going to end. Or else you'll go… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Part of the thing about why I wrote memoirs rather than a novel is that if anybody is going to tell my… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out… — Tamzin Merchant Copy Share Image
If they're going to write a story they're going to write the story whether it's true or not — Mary-Kate Olsen Copy Share Image
Marley was dead, to begin with ... This must be distintly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The characters are telling you the story. I’m not telling you the story, they’re going to do it. If I do it… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
