Adventure Quote by Dave Barry

Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation,…

— Walter Cronkite

I think the most interesting thing about any story is how people change. That's usually a struggle, because change is pretty much an uncomfortable…

— Toni Collette

The stories that are most unfamiliar, the ones that seem to come out of the blue about people that aren't well known, usually come…

— Frank Deford

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels…

— David Brin

When you get to do something based on a true story, it always raises the level of excitement.

— Will Sasso

A lot of banging in the head has built up over the decades, and for my own sanity, I needed to write. I wanted…

— Martin Donovan

Pretty much every issue that we've put out, there have been at least one or two things that really surprised me. It sounds like…

— Lorin Stein

A story isn't interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.

— Alexis Bledel

I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer's attention.

— Nigel Kneale

The fiction writer has a lot of balls to juggle. Setting, pacing, dialogue, and so on. And let's not forget: plot. That was always…

— Cate Marvin

Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.

— Nicholas Sparks