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Stories Quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- How [stories] are told, who tells them, when they’re told, how many stories are told — are really dependent on power.
- At about the age of seven … I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they…
- Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.”
- Stories matter. Many stories matter.
- When we realize that there is never a single story about any place, we regain a kind of paradise.
- I think my first general rule is that most of my experiences are not that interesting. It's usually other people's experiences. It's not that entirely…
- Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can…
- The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story…
- Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person.
- They themselves mocked Africa, trading stories of absurdity, of stupidity, and they felt safe to mock, because it was a mockery born of longing, and…
- Each of my novels has come from a different place, and the processes are not always entirely conscious. I have lived off and on in…
- I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue.
More Stories Quotes
- 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… — Paul Auster
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — 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… — Paul Auster
- Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been… — 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… — 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… — Lance Armstrong
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison,… — Julian Assange
- In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I… — Chinua Achebe