Books Quote by Darynda Jones

“Let your story grow. Let it surprise you, and it will certainly surprise your readers.”

— M. Kirin

“Besides, she likes my stories. They are like fairy tales, I suppose, full of kings and queens and adventures. Ma says people think fairy…

— Kristin Kladstrup

“ know what you want. You want a story that won’t surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won’t make you…

— Yann Martel

“How to tell a story? First find a point of view.”

— Paul McAuley

“You think you know how a story begins, or how it's going to turn out, especially when it's your own. You don't.”

— Edan Lepucki

“Yeah, apparently this chick didn’t know-“ He held up a hand. “Thank you, but I came to hear your story, not theirs,” he took…

— Melanie Fair

“She's realized the real problem with stories -- if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.”

— Neil Gaiman

“There are so many stories, she thinks, and most of them end up lost.”

— Guy Gavriel Kay

“Don't think about the writing process too much. Just do one thing: tell the motherfucking story.”

— Don Roff

“In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and…

— Jeannette Walls (Author

“Stories are only as good as the perspective they are heard from. Listen with an open mind, and the world will unfold before you.”

— J B Jensen

“She was a novel whose plot became more interesting as I delved deeper into the book.”

— Michael Baron