Afterwards Quote by Anthony Browne

Most of my story ideas come from my childhood. Sometimes they hatch from stories my parents told me, sometimes they come from experiences in…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

People often ask authors where their ideas come from, and often authors say they don't know. But I do know about this one. Once…

— Sam McBratney

My father used to tell me stories before I fell asleep. When the children would gather, at a certain point, I had a tendency…

— Wole Soyinka

Stories develop from things I read and also from my own experiences and experiences of people I know.

— William Sleator

I get my ideas for books from my own kids and sometimes from other children. Often when I am telling stories I will say:…

— Robert Munsch

My stories are often a little mysterious.

— Chris Van Allsburg

I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that people imagine, that they are…

— Cecelia Ahern

I'm inspired by almost everything I come across in life, and one way or another they find themselves sneaking into my stories.

— James Dashner

From a very young age, stories fuelled my imagination in the most wonderful way.

— Hayley Atwell

I keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a story.

— John Waters

Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.

— Brian Jacques

When people write to me with stories, they are never ones that work for me. There's something mysterious about which ones catch you.

— Emma Donoghue