Writing stories Quotes · Page 3

I like soccer and writing stories. I want to become a writer and continue acting.

— Emily Osment

People were writing stories in the papers about me from what I put on Twitter - there was a lot made of…

— Darren Bent

Creativity was definitely a big part of our household, and I remember always writing stories and being encouraged to be creative.

— Katrina Lake

“What I've learned writing these stories is that history only looks heavy and solid. In fact, it won't ever stay still.”

— Emily Geminder

Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my…

— Ray Bradbury

I like writing stories. That's what I like to do. That's the way I see it, but with every song I get…

— Nicholas Thorburn

Short fiction isn't my natural form. It's taken a lot of work over the years to finally feel more comfortable writing stories…

— Kameron Hurley

Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.

— Tobias Wolff

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I…

— Blake Jenner

I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell…

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

I wasn't writing stories with the intention of creating a particular collection. I simply wrote stories, and then discovered common themes among…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

“Writing stories and plays is an extension of little-kid doll house play and lego play. We all are kids, just older now,…

— Jeanne Voelker

Writing stories is my way of scratching that itch: my escape from the claustrophobia of individuality. It lets me, at least for…

— Emma Donoghue

I know the fastest way for me to get acclaim is to criticize the league. I can do that tomorrow. I come…

— Cris Collinsworth

“But then, that’s the beauty of writing stories—each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And…

— T.C. Boyle

It's hard not to be enthusiastic when you like what you're doing and I love what I do. I love writing stories,…

— Stan Lee

I started writing stories at a young age, but not once did it occur to me that I could grow up to…

— Jenny Han

“f you want to be famous then run for office and be a politician. If you want to be rich then become…

— Karen Jones Gowen

Don't get me wrong, God Bless the farmers and cowboys. It just wasn't the life I wanted. When writing stories of other…

— Tom Johnson

“A conscious act grew out of this by the time I began writing stories: getting my distance, a prerequisite of my understanding…

— Eudora Welty

I had been writing for the 'Late Show' for about four years when I started writing short stories. I had a blast…

— Jill Davis

Very early on, I was writing stories, and I was amazed at Spielberg's movies when I was young. Coming from the countryside,…

— Denis Villeneuve

I didn't do anything as active as deciding that I wanted to be a writer. For one thing, I didn't feel like…

— Kelly Link

have a much harder time writing stories than novels. I need the expansiveness of a novel and the propulsive energy it provides.…

— Edan Lepucki

I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories.

— Peter Orner

I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time.

— Stephen King

You don't want people to think you're just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu.

— Karen Russell

All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“He's a hot bath, a short breath, five days of summer pressed into five fingers writing stories on my body.”

— Tahereh Mafi

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories.

— Christine Feehan

If someone told me I had to stop writing stories, that would be the end of me.

— David Grann

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

For me, writing stories is one way of feeling connected to the universe and God.

— Elif Safak

I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the…

— Etgar Keret

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons.

— Rick Riordan

Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better.

— Ernest Hemingway

I have been writing stories and working on ideas for a long time. I like writing and reading a lot, so I…

— Karan Wahi

It's kind of alarming for me to realize that, when I'm writing stories about times I remember, it's already historical fiction.

— Wendell Berry

“Reading and writing dangerous books lets me be who I can't be and say what I can't say in everyday life.”

— Carla H. Krueger

When I was writing stories about Chinese American characters in my fiction classes, I'd get comments like, 'You should consider writing more…

— Jenny Zhang