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> [“The ending of a story tells us what it means.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/the-ending-of-a-story-tells-us-what-it-means/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

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## More by Billy Marshall Stoneking

> [“The answer to the question, 'where's the drama?' is another question: 'what's the problem?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/the-answer-to-the-question-where-s-the-drama-is-another-question-what/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“What monster sleeps in the deep of your story? You need a monster. Without a monster there is no story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/what-monster-sleeps-in-the-deep-of-your-story-you-need-a-monster/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“If you would know this country, you must know its stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/if-you-would-know-this-country-you-must-know-its-stories/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“From the writer's perspective, audience is always an act of the imagination.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/from-the-writer-s-perspective-audience-is-always-an-act-of-the/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“No one ever developed their character by arranging their experiences in such a way that only ‘good’ things are allowed to happen to them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/no-one-ever-developed-their-character-by-arranging-their-experiences/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“Character is not purchased with a dance in the street. It's expensive and hard to come by. Though it is the heir of disappointment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/character-is-not-purchased-with-a-dance-in-the-street-it-s-expensive/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“There’s a chasm between writing about yourself and writing about your personal life. A lot of young writers want to turn their lives into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/there-s-a-chasm-between-writing-about-yourself-and-writing-about-your/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“POUND We spend twelve hundred generations developing so-called civilization to the point where it produces an expert who can offer us salvation from our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/pound-we-spend-twelve-hundred-generations-developing-so-called/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“The ending of a story tells us what it means.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/the-ending-of-a-story-tells-us-what-it-means/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“Originality has nothing to do with producing something ’ new’ - it is about seeking the source, the primordial ground from which you draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/originality-has-nothing-to-do-with-producing-something-new-it-is/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“Some writers might tell you that writing is like a piece of magic - a process of creating something out of nothing, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/some-writers-might-tell-you-that-writing-is-like-a-piece-of-magic-a/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“No matter how cleverly we disguise our anxieties they bear witness to the imperfect nature of the human heart. To be is to become.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/no-matter-how-cleverly-we-disguise-our-anxieties-they-bear-witness-to/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“A mistake is the name we give to any action in which we perceive a difference between what we intended and what has occurred.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/a-mistake-is-the-name-we-give-to-any-action-in-which-we-perceive-a/)

[Billy Marshall Stoneking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-marshall-stoneking/)

> [“Your audience is your adversary. If you don't have one get one - imagine it. Imagine it now. To whom is your story addressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-marshall-stoneking/your-audience-is-your-adversary-if-you-don-t-have-one-get-one-imagine/)

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