Compromises Quote by David Simon

A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

— Donald Miller

You want in all cases for the story to get through the writing.

— Alice Munro

The kind of roles one wants to do arent being written; the stories one wants to tell are few and far between; and the…

— Tisca Chopra

For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping…

— Khaled Hosseini

A story is built on characters and reasons.

— Steven Amsterdam

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point…

— Robin McKinley

I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have…

— Stephen Greenblatt

If a novelist has created vivid characters, interesting relationships, settings the reader can easily imagine, and intriguing stories, a screenwriter has loads to work…

— Seth Grahame-Smith

A novel is challenging, because you have more story than you need and you have to select and narrow.

— Peter Hedges

As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.

— Eric Jerome Dickey

“To write an excellent novel, make the outcome of the story matter to the reader through the evolving relationships between well-designed characters.”

— Martin Sandforth

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!

— Ford Madox Ford