--- title: "18 Story Need Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 18 Story Need quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Story Need sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/calia-read-12434_destroyed_i-ll-accept-that-in-order-to-unravel-my_434257.jpg" --- > [“I'll accept that in order to unravel my story, I need to be destroyed first.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calia-read/i-ll-accept-that-in-order-to-unravel-my-story-i-need-to-be-destroyed/) [Calia Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calia-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/calia-read-12434_destroyed_i-ll-accept-that-in-order-to-unravel-my_434257.jpg) > [With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-keoghan/with-any-good-story-you-need-the-adversary-the-heroes-and-villains/) [Phil Keoghan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-keoghan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/phil-keoghan-15799_adversaries_with-any-good-story-you-need-the-adversa_2960701.png) > [A novel is challenging, because you have more story than you need and you have to select and narrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hedges/a-novel-is-challenging-because-you-have-more-story-than-you-need-and/) [Peter Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hedges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/peter-hedges-5212_because_a-novel-is-challenging-because-you-have_2156674.jpg) > [If somebody is in a story, they need to be there for a reason, and not just to set up somebody else's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/if-somebody-is-in-a-story-they-need-to-be-there-for-a-reason-and-not/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/joss-whedon-480_else_if-somebody-is-in-a-story-they-need-to-b_807439.png) > [It seems like as soon as you have written something, it dictates a story. So I need to be careful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tobias-lindholm/it-seems-like-as-soon-as-you-have-written-something-it-dictates-a/) [Tobias Lindholm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tobias-lindholm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83e/tobias-lindholm-25611_be-careful_it-seems-like-as-soon-as-you-have-writte_1397534.jpg) > [Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/not-that-the-story-need-be-long-but-it-will-take-a-long-while-to-make/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/henry-david-thoreau-20_long_not-that-the-story-need-be-long-but-it-w_2995616.jpg) > [“What I need is a new story about who I am. What I need to do is fuck up so bad I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/what-i-need-is-a-new-story-about-who-i-am-what-i-need-to-do-is-fuck/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/chuck-palahniuk-37_need_what-i-need-is-a-new-story-about-who-i-a_327100.jpg) > [“There's a story in all of us. All we need to do is decide how to tell it" -Nicci Sefton”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicci-sefton/there-s-a-story-in-all-of-us-all-we-need-to-do-is-decide-how-to-tell/) [Nicci Sefton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicci-sefton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/nicci-sefton-266012_decide_there-s-a-story-in-all-of-us-all-we-need_2713287.jpg) > [We, in America, love a story - we need a story to get involved in. But then everything becomes more about how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-pitt/we-in-america-love-a-story-we-need-a-story-to-get-involved-in-but/) [Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-pitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/brad-pitt-1608_america_we-in-america-love-a-story-we-need-a-sto_803334.jpg) > [Authors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that's the strength of books. Don't worry about censors. Just write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-hopkins/authors-have-to-write-for-their-characters-for-who-they-are-that-s/) [Ellen Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-hopkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/ellen-hopkins-475_book_authors-have-to-write-for-their-characte_1848130.png) > [There really is only one story that you need to tell as a scientist or a technologist. It's Prometheus stealing fire. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-andreas/there-really-is-only-one-story-that-you-need-to-tell-as-a-scientist/) [Brian Andreas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-andreas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/brian-andreas-2615_fire_there-really-is-only-one-story-that-you_2640871.png) > [When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/when-you-make-movies-you-have-to-be-preoccupied-with-the-social/) [Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/bruno-dumont-16688_film_when-you-make-movies-you-have-to-be-preo_528484.jpg) > [To make a love story, you need a couple of young people, but to reflect on the nature of love, you're better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/to-make-a-love-story-you-need-a-couple-of-young-people-but-to-reflect/) [James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/james-buchan-9717_18th-century_to-make-a-love-story-you-need-a-couple-o_3227698.jpg) > [With the adult ones, I feel I need to get as deep inside the psychology of a character as I can, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyne/with-the-adult-ones-i-feel-i-need-to-get-as-deep-inside-the/) [John Boyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/john-boyne-2944_adults_with-the-adult-ones-i-feel-i-need-to-get_3059281.jpg) > [The rules say that to tell a story you need first of all a measuring stick, a calendar, you have to calculate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elena-ferrante/the-rules-say-that-to-tell-a-story-you-need-first-of-all-a-measuring/) [Elena Ferrante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elena-ferrante/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/elena-ferrante-2338_calendars_the-rules-say-that-to-tell-a-story-you-n_1503193.png) > [It seemed to me at an early age that all human communication - whether it's TV, movies, or books - begins with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-r-mccammon/it-seemed-to-me-at-an-early-age-that-all-human-communication-whether/) [Robert R. McCammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-r-mccammon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/robert-r-mccammon-14992_age_it-seemed-to-me-at-an-early-age-that-all_2959809.jpg) > [I Need a Good Book I need a good story. I need a good book. The kind that explodes Off the shelf.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lithgow/i-need-a-good-book-i-need-a-good-story-i-need-a-good-book-the-kind/) [John Lithgow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lithgow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/john-lithgow-2438_adventure_i-need-a-good-book-i-need-a-good-story-i_3059807.jpg) > [I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-ve-never-had-the-right-words-to-describe-my-life-and-now-that-i-ve/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daa/jeffrey-eugenides-462_inspirational_i-ve-never-had-the-right-words-to-descri_1208869.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/story-need/#itemlist", "name": "Story Need Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I'll accept that in order to unravel my story, I need to be destroyed first.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Calia Read" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calia-read/i-ll-accept-that-in-order-to-unravel-my-story-i-need-to-be-destroyed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/calia-read-12434_destroyed_i-ll-accept-that-in-order-to-unravel-my_434257.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/calia-read-12434_destroyed_i-ll-accept-that-in-order-to-unravel-my_434257.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/calia-read-12434_destroyed_i-ll-accept-that-in-order-to-unravel-my_434257.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'll accept that in order to unravel my story, I need to be destroyed first.” — Calia Read", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. 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