--- title: "15 Words Story Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 15 Words Story quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Words Story sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/beatrix-potter-11097_firsts_there-is-something-delicious-about-writi_751472.jpg" --- > [There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beatrix-potter/there-is-something-delicious-about-writing-the-first-words-of-a-story/) [Beatrix Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beatrix-potter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/beatrix-potter-11097_firsts_there-is-something-delicious-about-writi_751472.jpg) > [“in other words, his story was part boast, part confession.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-mezrich/in-other-words-his-story-was-part-boast-part-confession/) [Ben Mezrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-mezrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/ben-mezrich-26864_boast_in-other-words-his-story-was-part-boast_32990.png) > [“To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/to-live-is-to-change-to-acquire-the-words-of-a-story-and-that-is-the/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/barbara-kingsolver-200_celebration_to-live-is-to-change-to-acquire-the-word_863934.png) > [“A picture is worth a thousand words. A story is worth a thousand images”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-m-kin/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-a-story-is-worth-a-thousand-images/) [M.M. Kin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-m-kin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/m-m-kin-72469_thousand-words_a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words-a-st_861596.jpg) > [“There's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beatrix-potter/there-s-something-delicious-about-writing-those-first-few-words-of-a/) [Beatrix Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beatrix-potter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/beatrix-potter-11097_writing_there-s-something-delicious-about-writin_1008872.jpg) > [To make films, it always begins with two words: what and how. First of all, you have to find a story, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wong-kar-wai/to-make-films-it-always-begins-with-two-words-what-and-how-first-of/) [Wong Kar-wai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wong-kar-wai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/wong-kar-wai-9417_always_to-make-films-it-always-begins-with-two_1058900.png) > [“It is easy to arrange the words in a story born out of a dream; for a story without a dream, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dejan-stojanovic/it-is-easy-to-arrange-the-words-in-a-story-born-out-of-a-dream-for-a/) [Dejan Stojanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dejan-stojanovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/dejan-stojanovic-559_dejan-stojanovic_it-is-easy-to-arrange-the-words-in-a-sto_1117444.jpg) > [The juxtaposition of words - the color, feeling, and sound of the words together - has as much to do with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-smith/the-juxtaposition-of-words-the-color-feeling-and-sound-of-the-words/) [Chad Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/chad-smith-19569_feelings_the-juxtaposition-of-words-the-color-fee_2445353.png) > [It is infinitely more useful for a child to hear a story told by a person than by computer. Because the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-smith/it-is-infinitely-more-useful-for-a-child-to-hear-a-story-told-by-a/) [Frank Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/frank-smith-29214_children_it-is-infinitely-more-useful-for-a-child_1886281.png) > [We read novels. We read hundreds of pages of words, when the story is good because we're willing to stay there. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veena-sud/we-read-novels-we-read-hundreds-of-pages-of-words-when-the-story-is/) [Veena Sud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veena-sud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/veena-sud-27264_audience_we-read-novels-we-read-hundreds-of-pages_996697.jpg) > [It's only a story, you say. So it is, and the rest of life with it - creation story, love story, horror,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/it-s-only-a-story-you-say-so-it-is-and-the-rest-of-life-with-it/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/jeanette-winterson-166_alphabet_it-s-only-a-story-you-say-so-it-is-and-t_2681894.png) > [Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?" Absently he replied, "I was, once." "And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-donaldson/are-you-a-storyteller-thomas-covenant-absently-he-replied-i-was-once/) [Stephen R. Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-r-donaldson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/stephen-r-donaldson-9552_covenant_are-you-a-storyteller-thomas-covenant-ab_1303837.jpg) > [He made a story for all of them, a story to give them strength. The words of the story poured out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-marmon-silko/he-made-a-story-for-all-of-them-a-story-to-give-them-strength-the/) [Leslie Marmon Silko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-marmon-silko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/leslie-marmon-silko-14967_blanket_he-made-a-story-for-all-of-them-a-story_188906.jpg) > [“A great book does not have to be a literary masterpiece with complicated sentences and words no one has heard of. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-mackey/a-great-book-does-not-have-to-be-a-literary-masterpiece-with/) [Amanda Mackey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-mackey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/amanda-mackey-218372_book_a-great-book-does-not-have-to-be-a-liter_1134035.jpg) > [“Tiffany took a deep breath. This was about words, and she knew about words. ‘Here is a story to believe,’ she said.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/tiffany-took-a-deep-breath-this-was-about-words-and-she-knew-about/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/terry-pratchett-19_quote_tiffany-took-a-deep-breath-this-was-abou_1357597.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-story/#itemlist", "name": "Words Story Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. 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