Attention Quote by Celeste Ng

One thing that I would like to get across is that even the most horrible events do have explanations that we can understand. And…

— Timothy D. Snyder

“Every morning brings us news of the globe, and yet we are poor in noteworthy stories. This is because no event comes to us…

— Walter Benjamin

If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that sometimes our assumptions and preconceived notions are wrong, and therefore, our interpretation of…

— Elizabeth Thornton

...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect…

— Rabih Alameddine

Things That Actually Happen Are Often More Surprising Than Stories That Are Invented...

— Pacifiersucker

People do misinterpret events, especially the meaning of other people’s actions and the motives that lead people to act one way or another.

— Paul Ekman

Non-fictionalised accounts of horrific accidents, bereavement, and the outrages of officialdom tend to move us deeply.

— Michael Portillo

“Stories people told themselves were biased by the availability of the material used to construct them...what people remember about the past, [Kahneman and Tversky]…

— Michael Lewis

I think the basic thing that happened is we have lost our story. Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of…

— Yuval Noah Harari

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

— Stephen Jay Gould

Sometimes I've made mistakes and not really listened to my instincts, and I've done a project, and I've been disappointed with the consequence, I…

— Alex Lawther