First Story Quotes

20 quotes by 19 authors

Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and… — Harlan Coben
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they… — Thucydides
I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11 — Sara Paretsky
If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation. If I got any… — Donald Miller
I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of a mix in that it has a young voice, but… — Denis Johnson
I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories. — Jhumpa Lahiri
I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I… — John Grisham
My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally, no one wanted… — Phil Foglio
I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story… — Ian Rankin
I started in 1957 when I sold my first story to a magazine. — Jean Giraud
I've always known when I start a story what the last line is. It's always been the case, since the first story I ever wrote.… — Amy Hempel
The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone… — Paul Kane
The first story I finished was when I was six years old. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Back in 1992, I had my first story accepted by 'The New Yorker.' — George Saunders
I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story. — Sidney Sheldon
I wonder," she said. "Does this castle have a moat?" A group of servants were busy emptying the privy buckets into the moat when they… — John Flanagan
You're sad-looking," she said. "My grandson used to be such a happy boy. He used to write me stories. I remember the first story he… — Chris Colfer
At Al Jazeera, the first story I did was to sit down with a former Haitian dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, and grill him about crimes against… — Soledad O'Brien
When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age. — Julie Kagawa

Who Wrote These First Story Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 20 First Story Quotes as follows: