One Story Quotes

64 quotes by 55 authors

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when… — James M. Barrie
Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've… — Maya Angelou
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
There is one story and one story only. — Robert Graves
Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two — Hugh B. Brown
The only way to build a fan base is to have a lot of material out there for readers to find. You can't manufacture a… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch
History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. — William Graham Sumner
History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the State in order… — William Graham Sumner
So it happened at last: I was about to become a thief, a cheap milk-stealer. Here was your lash-in-the-pen genius, your one story-writer: a thief. — John Fante
There is one story left, one road: that it is. And on this road there are very many signs that, being, is uncreated and imperishable,… — Parmenides
To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story or… — Langston Hughes
The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang the hell out of it. Give the public what it… — Herbert Bayard Swope
I recollected one story there was in the village, how that on a certain night in the year (it might be that very night for… — Charles Dickens
What's wonderful about Into The Woods is that you have a combination of all the most famous fairytales in this one story. — Emily Blunt
For some decades now, it seems, there has been a ukase in place in American journalism to the effect that Canada is entitled to one… — Stockwell Day
The Word God wastes nothing and He heals two broken hearts with one story - the reader and the writer. — Ann Voskamp
A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we… — Amy Poehler
If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid. — Andrew Scott
The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment. — Alistair Begg
I've seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn't occurred to me to take any of those stories… — Jhumpa Lahiri

Who Wrote These One Story Quotes

55 authors contributed a total of 64 One Story Quotes, led by these top contributors: