Quote by Carmen Martín Gaite

“Word count doesn't tell me when a story ends, my characters will tell me.”

— Kristy Brown

“Many stories magnify a fact.”

— Toba Beta

“What a storyteller does is *see* more than most of us. We say he's making up his stories, but he—or better yet, *she*—watches more…

— Dean Hughes

“But to those who can’t see it yet, everything comes in stories, creating readiness, nudging them toward receptive insight.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

“No story is worth telling without the twists and turns. Make them count instead.”

— Charlotte Eriksson

“...Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery.”

— Peggy Kopman-Owens

“I do not know whether many people realize how much more than is ever written there really is in a story— how many parts…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“He only tells the story once but you see it from about 8 points of view, you have to pay attention the whole time…

— Helen DeWitt

“There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and IÔÇÖve used every one, but there is only one plot ÔÇô things are not as…

— Jim Thompson

“Between the lines of every story there is another story, and that is one that is never heard and can only be guessed at…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“It is astonishing how few stories have been told perfectly.”

— Mark Van Doren

“For example--I wonder--could you tell my jumbled story in exactly one hundred chapters, not one more, not one less? I'll tell you, that's one…

— Yann Martel