Best Stories Quotes
40 quotes by 38 authors
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All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests…
— A. C. Benson
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Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best…
— Laozi
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Technique in the minds of many is something rigid, something like a formula that you impose on the material; but in the best stories it…
— Flannery O'Connor
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The best stories infuse wonder,
— Andrew Stanton
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My best stories come from well-placed sources who point me in the right direction.
— Wolf Blitzer
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However, the eleventh-hour nature of these changes left us frustrated and angry — because they prevent us from telling the best stories we can. So,…
— Unknown Author
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Great stories agree with our worldview. The best stories don't teach people anything new. Instead the best stories agree with what the audience already believes…
— Seth Godin
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I am expecting that consumers are going to continue and exert power and influence. The idea of radical transparency is something that few brands are…
— Alex Bogusky
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Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don't allow the same…
— Isobelle Carmody
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Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re telling…
— David Guterson
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For many years now I have listened to the stories of people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses as their counselor. From them I have…
— Rachel Naomi Remen
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The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries.
— Shonda Rhimes
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I've always been drawn to writing historical characters. The best stories are the ones you find in history.
— Tony Kushner
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On TV, stories and events are finalized in 30 or 60 minutes, or neatly tied up after a season or two. The best stories are…
— Lurlene McDaniel
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I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to…
— Tobias Wolff
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That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.
— Michael Connelly
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My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.
— Barry Hannah
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We're definitely going to hell. But we'll have all the best stories to tell
— Frank Turner
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You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories.…
— Chuck Palahniuk
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I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories.
— Dennis Quaid
Who Wrote These Best Stories Quotes
38 authors contributed a total of 40 Best Stories Quotes, led by these top contributors: