Stories Quotes

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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are… — Paul Auster
Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with great… — Paul Auster
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else. So… — Paul Auster
Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a… — J. J. Abrams
But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives in a larger… — Karen Armstrong
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that. — Lance Armstrong
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction,… — Isaac Asimov
As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue to… — Julian Assange
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel… — Chinua Achebe
Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost… — Chinua Achebe
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories. — Chinua Achebe
The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links in the evolutionary story is that when you do find a missing link… — David Attenborough
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. — Chinua Achebe
Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on… — Chinua Achebe
People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their… — Chinua Achebe
Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the… — Chinua Achebe
You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form… — Margaret Atwood

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