--- title: "9 Story Helps Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Story Helps quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Story Helps sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/jonathan-auxier-27100_hide_a-story-helps-folks-face-the-world-even_2428403.jpg" --- > [“A story helps folks face the world, even when it frightens 'em. And a lie does the opposite. It helps you hide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-auxier/a-story-helps-folks-face-the-world-even-when-it-frightens-em-and-a/) [Jonathan auxier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-auxier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/jonathan-auxier-27100_hide_a-story-helps-folks-face-the-world-even_2428403.jpg) > [I know how hard it is to get out of the trenches; I've been there, lost friends to it, my dad to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edwards/i-know-how-hard-it-is-to-get-out-of-the-trenches-i-ve-been-there-lost/) [Leon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/leon-edwards-5820_dad_i-know-how-hard-it-is-to-get-out-of-the_2690303.jpg) > [I think of a myth as a story that helps you explain all the different pieces of your life. In that broad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-hyde/i-think-of-a-myth-as-a-story-that-helps-you-explain-all-the-different/) [Lewis Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-hyde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/lewis-hyde-19548_broads_i-think-of-a-myth-as-a-story-that-helps_2612494.jpg) > [“It can be hard to see the important parts of your own story. It helps when someone listens and can see those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-chen-keller/it-can-be-hard-to-see-the-important-parts-of-your-own-story-it-helps/) [Sophie Chen Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-chen-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/sophie-chen-keller-279014_story-helps_it-can-be-hard-to-see-the-important-part_683207.jpg) > [Any jokes I make I try to make sure it's on story and helps the characters and makes sense with the movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aziz-ansari/any-jokes-i-make-i-try-to-make-sure-it-s-on-story-and-helps-the/) [Aziz Ansari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aziz-ansari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/aziz-ansari-2677_character_any-jokes-i-make-i-try-to-make-sure-it-s_528570.png) > [The thing is that my father's story helps to communicate what was at stake with my mother, and my mother and father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-kennedy/the-thing-is-that-my-father-s-story-helps-to-communicate-what-was-at/) [Rory Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/322/rory-kennedy-25803_communicate_the-thing-is-that-my-father-s-story-help_236593.jpg) > [Writing something down and processing it, sitting with a text and a story, editing and rewriting new drafts - that entire process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haroon-moghul/writing-something-down-and-processing-it-sitting-with-a-text-and-a/) [Haroon Moghul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haroon-moghul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/haroon-moghul-23614_helping_writing-something-down-and-processing-it_471820.jpg) > [“But we don't read about you because we're bored, or just to amuse ourselves. We read about you to be with you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-riley/but-we-don-t-read-about-you-because-we-re-bored-or-just-to-amuse/) [James Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-riley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/james-riley-22022_another-life_but-we-don-t-read-about-you-because-we-r_1645677.jpg) > [I begin with understanding the intentions of the story. That helps me to zero in. Then I gather research for each individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-e-carter/i-begin-with-understanding-the-intentions-of-the-story-that-helps-me/) [Ruth E. Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-e-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/ruth-e-carter-49579_amount_i-begin-with-understanding-the-intention_2213574.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/story-helps/#itemlist", "name": "Story Helps Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A story helps folks face the world, even when it frightens 'em. And a lie does the opposite. 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