Character Quote by Dan Chaon

I grew up with some kind of storytelling instinct, and when I write, my default setting is to find a story and then to…

— Khaled Hosseini

In a story, you have to have a theme and an angle, you have to have a beginning, middle and an end. You have…

— Dan Jenkins

I think that, as a writer, while it's your job to construct stories, you have to navigate your way through them with your heart.

— Abi Morgan

With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter of working…

— William Faulkner

When you write a story, it just flows and you don't control it. It's subconscious.

— Imtiaz Ali

Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader's instantly. And know how you're going to end your story before…

— Joan Lowery Nixon

Most of my stories are ideas in action. In other words, I get a concept, and I let it run away. I find a…

— Ray Bradbury

For someone who wants to write a story, they should go on thinking about the story. When it comes up to a level, where…

— Sudha Murty

Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to give to…

— Alice Munro

Perhaps if there is anything remotely interesting about my writing style, it is this: more often than not I have no idea what the…

— Vandana Singh

When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where you are.

— Luis Negron

I don't always, or even usually, read stories from beginning to end. I start anywhere and proceed in either direction. A story is not…

— Alice Munro