Book Quote by Anne Enright

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point…

— Robin McKinley

With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character.

— Olivia Munn

Telling a story is like trying to eat grapes with a fork. It's always trying to get away from you. And if you're a…

— Brent Weeks

I do better just letting the stories develop. I don't outline very well, and I can't follow it if I do. Once I've outlined…

— Joe R. Lansdale

“You will and should do everything in your power to improve your actual writing skills. You’ll work hard to create characters that are compelling…

— James Dashner

I've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not feel any…

— Anne Enright

The story is always better than your ability to write it.

— Robin McKinley

What you're normally doing as a writer is trying to find the narrative.

— Joan Didion

“If you have a story to tell, put it out there. Get the thing done. No excuses. No procrastinating. No apologies. It will never…

— James Hampton

When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things…

— Stephen King

“There's an enormous difference between being a story writer and being a regular person. As a person, it's your duty to stay on a…

— Rick Bass

Each story tells me how to write it, but not the one afterwards.

— Eudora Welty