“Write about us,” Robinson urged. “Tell our story.” And I did it; I told our story. You hold it in your hands.” — James Patterson Copy Share Image
If I told you the whole story it would never end...What's happened to me has happened to a thousand woman. — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
Until now, he has never told the full story of his life, in his own voice. — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
“Every time I told my story, I lost a bit, the smallest drop of pain.” — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
Fiction is Truth's elder sister. Obviously. No one in the world knew what truth was till some one had told a story. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“In the worst moments of my life, I have told myself that story, the story about a girl who stood up to… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I don't know why I told this story. I could just as well have told another. Perhaps some other time I'll be… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my mom told me every story that was happening to her. Most of the stories that come… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
The Bible tells a story. A story that isn’t over. A story that is still being told. A story that we have… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Just because something is told as a story and that story is part legend or myth, or feat of imagination, does not… — Chris Priestley Copy Share Image
When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
When well told, a story captured the subtle movement of change. If a novel was a map of a country, a story… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“My entire life, I've been fascinated with stories. To everyone else, it seemed like the story itself was enough. But I wanted… — Amber Lough Copy Share Image
I knew what I wanted to do when I set out. I knew that I wanted to write a book that told… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
“Stories don't care who takes part in them. All that matters is that the story gets told, that the story repeats. Or,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
You have no idea the power generated each time somebody is told a story. When a conscious, sentient mind willingly ignores what… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
As kids, we always sat at the table with my parents and grandparents, and they would tell stories. We were very poor,… — Willie Robertson Copy Share Image
I want you to know who I am: what the streets taste like, feel like, smell like. What the cops talk like,… — Nas Copy Share Image
Every time the tour guide told a story, he would build it up to the point where he'd say, "And there was… — Rich Fulcher Copy Share Image
Storytelling in Appalachian culture - it runs deep. You have these communities and families that, for a long time, were isolated, and… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
“I know who you are,” the Chicano said to Thomas. “You’re that Indian guy did all the talking.” “Yeah,” one of the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I am here because of a certain man. I came to retrace his steps. Perhaps to see if there were not some… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“So she told me a story. A story about a boy who was born with very green eyes, and the man who… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Tell me everything about this woman you once knew. Tell me everything she ever told you about Jesus of Nazareth." Marcus saw… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
“I met a boy and he told me a story. There was a lady long ago who spent her life coughing up… — Charlotte McConaghy Copy Share Image
“Hey," Victor said. "Tell me a story." Thomas closed his eyes and told this story: "There were these two Indian boys who… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I told him the story of the day I'd been mending pottery with one of the maids in the kitchen at Keramzin,… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Once, my grandmama told me a story about her great-grandmama. She'd come across the ocean, been kidnapped and sold. Said her great-grandmama… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Child,' said the Lion, 'I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's always going to be somebody who didn't like the way you told the story, or they didn't like your point of… — Steve Doocy Copy Share Image
“Julian had once told me that a story is a letter the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“He wanted to meet her for the first time, over and over...He told himself the story that this was the great tragedy… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
The number of times that I've gotten in my own way because I've justified, or told myself a story, or lied to… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image