Compelling Quote by Ann Friedman

I don't have a room full of writers pitching ideas. It's just me out of my head.

— Louis C. K

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

— William Landay

“One thing I understood from the beginning is that the press almost completely tunes out abstractions. They won’t write about ideas without larger-than-life personalities…

— Eric S. Raymond

For me, I look at a project that has a story that's going to resonate in some way. It doesn't have to be about…

— Will Packer

I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.

— J. J. Abrams

The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Limited points of view let the writer dispense - and the reader gather - information from various corners of the story. It all becomes…

— Jonathan Evison

I have yet to meet very many people in the press who are really, truly interested in writing a good story or getting at…

— Janeane Garofalo

I think there is a real value in an editorial point-of-view and in editorial curation, and in putting together an entire narrative around a…

— Michael Wolf

Since I'm not a journalist, I talk about issues that encourage an interchange of ideas through conversation while also being entertaining.

— Thalia

I really just choose stories that are compelling, have interesting trends and characters, and hopefully say something larger about society.

— David Grann

I think the mission for the writer is to tell stories in a compelling way about the stuff that cannot be talked about, that…

— Jonathan Franzen